Alamance, North Carolina Weather
Alamance, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Alamance, Alamance County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Alamance. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Alamance is published on the Burlington Alamance Regional Airport (KBUY) page, 2 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Alamance have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Alamance: Causey Airport (K2A5) 18 km · Siler City Municipal Airport (KSCR) 37 km · Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO) 41 km · Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County (KTDF) 53 km · Rockingham County NC Shiloh Airport (KSIF) 55 km
Conditions reported at KBUY describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alamance specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Alamance, North Carolina
Alamance lies in a landscape of gentle slopes, where the rich Piedmont soil supports a mosaic of farmland and woodland. It lies 5.0 miles south-south-west of Burlington, NC (from Burlington, NC: bearing 213°T), and is situated 5.3 miles west-south-west of Graham. Oak and pine trees, their branches often laden with the soft, diffuse light of an overcast sky, mark the edges of cultivated fields that stretch towards the horizon. The air here carries the clean scent of damp earth after a spring rain, a subtle perfume that mingles with the distant hum of agricultural machinery. Creeks, like threads of quicksilver, meander through the terrain, their banks often fringed with tenacious wild grasses and the occasional flash of a cardinal’s red. This is a place where the echoes of past industries still resonate, a subtle undercurrent beneath the present-day quiet. Historically, Alamance was shaped by the textile mills that once dotted its landscape, their looms a rhythmic pulse in the region's development. Though many have since fallen silent, their legacy is woven into the character of the area, a reminder of its industrious past. The local economy now finds its footing in a blend of agriculture, with fields of corn and tobacco still defining the rural vistas, and a burgeoning presence of small businesses and light manufacturing that contribute to the steady, unhurried pace of life. The spirit of self-reliance and community, forged in earlier times, continues to be a quiet strength in Alamance.
Live animated radar for Alamance and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Alamance, Alamance County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.035136°N, 79.485855°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27201 |
| Area Code | 336 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alamance, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alamance, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Alamance includes coordinates 36.035136°N, 79.485855°W, situated in Alamance County. ZIP code 27201. Telephone area code: 336. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
