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This is the current conditions weather report for Martinsburg. The report was made 42 minutes ago, at 10:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 21 miles per hour / 33.3 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 21 miles per hour / 33.3 kilometers per hour from the westnorthwest (290°). The temperature was 27°F / -3°C, with a dew-point at 27°F / -3°C. The temperature felt like 14°F / -10°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.77 inHg / 1009 hPa. The relative humidity was 50%. The skies were overcast.

Martinsburg is a city in Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city population 14,972 (the CBSA, however, had a population of was 43,441) . It is the county seat of Berkeley County. Martinsburg was founded in 1778 by General Adam Stephen who named it in honor of Colonel Thomas Bryan Martin, a nephew of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. It was incorporated by an act of the West Virginia Legislature March 30, 1868. It is also home to the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard.

Notable residents
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War
Belle Boyd, Confederate spy in the American Civil War
Vicky Bullett, Olympic gold medalist in women's basketball
Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., United States Senator and Governor of Virginia
Charles James Faulkner, United States Representative from Virginia
Walter Dean Myers, Author
John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch, colonel in Confederate States Army
Kevin Pittsnogle, former West Virginia University basketball player
David Hunter Strother (aka Porte Crayon), artist
Absalom Willis Robertson, United States Senator from Virginia
Hack Wilson, Hall of Fame baseball player
Shannon Larkin,Drummer for the Hard Rock band Godsmack

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