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Kistler, West Virginia Weather

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

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

Kistler, WV
Sunday, July 5 at 4:32 PM
87
°
Clear
Feels like
96°
Humidity
60%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:11 AM
Sunset
4:52 PM
Kistler, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKistler, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 24% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 72°H 87°
Kistler, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    0.01″
    87°68°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Rain
    29%
    0.07″
    86°72°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    T-storm w/ Hail
    53%
    88°71°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    T-storm w/ Hail
    19%
    83°68°-5°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    23%
    91°68°+8°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Heavy Drizzle
    79%
    0.02″
    79°66°-12°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    79%
    82°68°+3°
Kistler, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
227° · veering 100°
Direction
SW
227°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
9
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 9 @ 7:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 112SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Kistler, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
975.1
-1.4 mb in 3h · falling · 28.79 inHg
Now
975.1
mb
3h
-1.4
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
-1.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 975978
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW977.5974.6975.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Kistler, WV
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
+7 in 6hPeak ~53 @ 11 PM

AQI 45 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 58 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
8.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
112μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
5.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 58 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 58
UV peak
4.5 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 58

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.92 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 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
Kistler, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
19%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
63.0mi
UNLIMITED
64 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
20:32 UTC · Kistler, 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
20:32 UTC · Kistler, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Kistler, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kistler, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kistler, WV
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:41 AM
Sunrise
2:11 AM
Daylight
14h 41m
Sunset
4:52 PM
Civil dusk
9:24 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Kistler, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:44 PM
Moonset
11:39 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Kistler, WV
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kistler at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°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: 25628

16-Day Forecast — Kistler

  1. Sun87°68°26%
  2. Mon86°72°29%
  3. Tue88°71°53%
  4. Wed83°68°19%
  5. Thu91°68°23%
  6. Fri79°66°79%
  7. Sat82°68°79%
  8. Sun91°67°37%
  9. Mon90°65°23%
  10. Tue78°57°14%
  11. Wed82°59°15%
  12. Thu88°58°25%
  13. Fri94°64°28%
  14. Sat93°66°37%
  15. Sun87°65°39%
  16. Mon86°62°40%

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 — Kistler

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

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Kistler

  • 25628

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.