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Crab Orchard, West Virginia Weather

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

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

Crab Orchard, WV
Saturday, July 4 at 8:37 PM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
77°
Humidity
77%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:08 AM
Sunset
4:50 PM
Crab Orchard, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCrab Orchard, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit with a 22% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 67°H 84°
Crab Orchard, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    0.02″
    84°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    26%
    84°67°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    69%
    0.06″
    81°66°-3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    44%
    84°64°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    18%
    82°62°-2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    19%
    88°60°+6°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Showers
    65%
    0.07″
    82°66°-6°
Crab Orchard, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
150° · backing 90°
Direction
SSE
150°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 3
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
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 3 · pk 12 @ 4:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 122SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 90° from the sse.
Crab Orchard, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
935.8
-1.7 mb in 3h · falling · 27.63 inHg
Now
935.8
mb
3h
-1.7
mb
12h
-3.6
mb
24h
-4.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 936941
930935940945-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW940.7935.8935.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Crab Orchard, WV
Air quality
63
AQI
Moderate
-2 in 6h

AQI 63 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 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
8.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
66μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31 now. With UV 0.1 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Crab Orchard, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
37.1mi
UNLIMITED
55 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
00:37 UTC · Crab Orchard, 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
00:37 UTC · Crab Orchard, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Crab Orchard, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Crab Orchard, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Crab Orchard, WV
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:38 AM
Sunrise
2:08 AM
Daylight
14h 42m
Sunset
4:50 PM
Civil dusk
9:22 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Crab Orchard, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:41 PM
Moonset
11:36 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Crab Orchard, WV
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Crab Orchard at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 73°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 25827

16-Day Forecast — Crab Orchard

  1. Sat84°69°37%
  2. Sun84°67°26%
  3. Mon81°66°69%
  4. Tue84°64°44%
  5. Wed82°62°18%
  6. Thu88°60°19%
  7. Fri82°66°65%
  8. Sat71°64°59%
  9. Sun76°60°40%
  10. Mon83°57°26%
  11. Tue83°59°17%
  12. Wed77°57°40%
  13. Thu82°60°48%
  14. Fri81°62°71%
  15. Sat81°64°56%
  16. Sun82°66°63%

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 — Crab Orchard

SPC has placed Crab Orchard in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

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 Crab Orchard

  • 25801
  • 25827

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.