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Century, West Virginia Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Century weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Century, WV
Saturday, July 4 at 10:25 PM
69
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
74°
Humidity
86%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
2:00 AM
Sunset
4:50 PM
Century, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCentury, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 38% chance of precipitation at 6 PM.
L 67°H 87°
Century, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    90°68°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Rain
    38%
    0.07″
    87°67°-3°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    81%
    86°68°-1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Thunderstorm
    49%
    79°65°-7°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    16%
    78°63°-1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    25%
    89°62°+11°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    76%
    80°65°-9°
Century, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
108° · backing 61°
Direction
ESE
108°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
2
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 5
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 29 @ 5:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 154SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Century, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
958.5
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 28.30 inHg
Now
958.5
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-3.3
mb
24h
-3.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 957962
950955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW962.0957.4958.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Century, WV
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
-4 in 6h

AQI 47 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 11.1 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
88μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~63%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 5

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.1 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Century, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
61%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
28.9mi
UNLIMITED
61 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
02:25 UTC · Century, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
02:25 UTC · Century, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Century, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Century, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Century, WV
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:29 AM
Sunrise
2:00 AM
Daylight
14h 50m
Sunset
4:50 PM
Civil dusk
9:23 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Century, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:38 PM
Moonset
11:31 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Century, WV
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Century at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 11 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Century

  1. Sat90°68°40%
  2. Sun87°67°38%
  3. Mon86°68°81%
  4. Tue79°65°49%
  5. Wed78°63°16%
  6. Thu89°62°25%
  7. Fri80°65°76%
  8. Sat72°63°62%
  9. Sun78°58°38%
  10. Mon83°55°28%
  11. Tue85°59°19%
  12. Wed73°59°45%
  13. Thu83°57°40%
  14. Fri89°62°42%
  15. Sat88°64°56%
  16. Sun74°66°62%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Century

SPC has placed Century in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Century

  • 26238

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.