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This is the current conditions weather report for Weirton. The report was made 49 minutes ago, at 03:11 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 8 miles per hour / 13 kilometers per hour from the westsouthwest (240°). The temperature was 30°F / -1°C, with a dew-point at 30°F / -1°C. The temperature felt like 23°F / -5°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.06 inHg / 1019 hPa. The relative humidity was 69%. The skies were overcast.

Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. Most of the city is in Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411 (16,525 in Hancock County, 3,886 in Brooke County). It is part of the Weirton-Steubenville metropolitan statistical area.

Weirton has attracted the attention of Hollywood filmmakers on at least two occasions. Weirton was one of several Ohio Valley towns that served as film locations for the acclaimed 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, starring Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep. Six years later it served as the primary location for filming of Reckless starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah. The fictional town of 'Eberton' mentioned in Reckless is a thinly veiled reference to Weirton.

Weirton was also the inspiration and guidance in the book, No Star Nights. Author, Anna Smucker, drew upon her memories growing up in Weirton to chronicle her tale about life as a child growing up in an industrial town and references to Pittsburgh are used in her book as well.

Weirton, West Virginia is one of only two places in the country where a state is only one city wide. It is bordered on the west by Ohio and on the east by Pennsylvania. The other city is Hancock, Maryland, which is bordered on the north by Pennsylvania, and on the south by West Virginia.

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