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Lost Creek, West Virginia Weather

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

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

Lost Creek, WV
Sunday, July 5 at 4:34 PM
78
°
Light Drizzle
Feels like
82°
Humidity
76%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
2:01 AM
Sunset
4:50 PM
Lost Creek, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLost Creek, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 71°H 86°
Lost Creek, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Showers
    44%
    0.94″
    90°67°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    0.03″
    86°71°-4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    53%
    0.01″
    82°69°-4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    90°66°+8°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Showers
    37%
    0.35″
    88°67°-2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Showers
    79%
    0.07″
    72°66°-16°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Thunderstorm
    71%
    85°68°+13°
Lost Creek, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
299° · veering 127°
Direction
WNW
299°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 5 · pk 22 @ 5:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 193SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 127° from the wnw.
Lost Creek, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
976.3
-2.0 mb in 3h · falling · 28.83 inHg
Now
976.3
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
+0.1
mb
24h
-2.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 976979
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW979.2976.2976.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Lost Creek, WV
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
0 in 6h

AQI 51 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 60 — 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
8.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
113μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 60 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 60
UV peak
4.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 60

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.3 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.0 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Lost Creek, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
94%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
38.1mi
UNLIMITED
76 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
20:34 UTC · Lost Creek, 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
20:34 UTC · Lost Creek, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Lost Creek, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lost Creek, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lost Creek, WV
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:30 AM
Sunrise
2:01 AM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
4:50 PM
Civil dusk
9:23 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Lost Creek, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:38 PM
Moonset
11:32 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Lost Creek, WV
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lost Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above 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.

ZIP code: 26385

16-Day Forecast — Lost Creek

  1. Sun90°67°44%
  2. Mon86°71°33%
  3. Tue82°69°53%
  4. Wed90°66°33%
  5. Thu88°67°37%
  6. Fri72°66°79%
  7. Sat85°68°71%
  8. Sun86°67°31%
  9. Mon73°61°15%
  10. Tue66°56°17%
  11. Wed83°59°17%
  12. Thu84°57°26%
  13. Fri91°59°29%
  14. Sat92°61°34%
  15. Sun87°61°35%
  16. Mon78°61°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 — Lost Creek

SPC has placed Lost Creek 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 Lost Creek

  • 26385

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.