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Eccles, West Virginia Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Eccles, WV
Saturday, July 4 at 10:16 AM
81
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
91°
Humidity
80%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
2:08 AM
Sunset
4:50 PM
Eccles, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastEccles, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 33% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 69°H 86°
Eccles, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    33%
    0.07″
    86°70°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    31%
    85°69°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    75%
    85°67°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    34%
    85°64°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    25%
    88°65°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    44%
    89°64°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    59%
    80°66°-9°
Eccles, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
262° · backing 94°
Direction
W
262°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
8
avg 3
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 3 · pk 8 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 153SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Eccles, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
943.3
+1.3 mb in 3h · rising · 27.86 inHg
Now
943.3
mb
3h
+1.3
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
-2.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 941947
935940945950955-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW946.6941.4943.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Eccles, WV
Air quality
69
AQI
Moderate
+1 in 6h

AQI 69 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 16.2 µg/m³ (AQI 64) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 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 2.5DRIVERModerate
16.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
19μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
88μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~76%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
6.4 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 18

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 16.2 µg/m³ (AQI 64) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Eccles, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
74%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
37.5mi
UNLIMITED
59 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
14:16 UTC · Eccles, 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
14:16 UTC · Eccles, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Eccles, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Eccles, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Eccles, 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.
Eccles, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
11:16 PM
Moonset
10:32 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Eccles, WV
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Eccles at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 25836

16-Day Forecast — Eccles

  1. Sat86°70°33%
  2. Sun85°69°31%
  3. Mon85°67°75%
  4. Tue85°64°34%
  5. Wed88°65°25%
  6. Thu89°64°44%
  7. Fri80°66°59%
  8. Sat80°65°55%
  9. Sun74°63°38%
  10. Mon72°57°20%
  11. Tue81°57°19%
  12. Wed85°64°26%
  13. Thu91°66°23%
  14. Fri89°66°26%
  15. Sat72°67°39%
  16. Sun88°67°45%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Eccles

SPC has placed Eccles 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 Eccles

  • 25836

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.