Cricket, North Carolina Weather
Cricket, 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, soil and crop conditions for Cricket, Wilkes County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cricket. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cricket is published on the Wilkes County Airport (KUKF) page, 10 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 Cricket 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 Cricket: Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 35 km · Elkin Municipal Airport (KZEF) 38 km · Statesville Regional Airport (KSVH) 50 km · Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 51 km · Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 54 km
Conditions reported at KUKF describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cricket specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cricket.
About Cricket, North Carolina
Cricket unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of water. It lies 31.4 miles north-north-east of Hickory, NC (from Hickory, NC: bearing 15°T), and is situated 2.7 miles west-north-west of North Wilkesboro. The air here carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, a clean, resinous breath that mingles with the damp earth after a summer shower. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, their green a vibrant contrast to the deeper emerald of the surrounding forests, where oak and maple stand sentinel. The land itself feels solid, a grounding presence that has witnessed the slow turning of seasons for generations. The story of Cricket is one of adaptation and resilience, deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions of Wilkes County. For decades, farming was the lifeblood, with tobacco and livestock shaping the local economy and the very character of the place. While some of that has shifted, the spirit of self-reliance remains, evident in the small businesses that dot the main street and the neighborly waves exchanged between drivers. The echoes of a simpler time can still be felt, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land they call home.
Live animated radar for Cricket 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 | Cricket, Wilkes County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.17152°N, 81.193975°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28659 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cricket, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cricket, 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 Cricket includes coordinates 36.171520°N, 81.193975°W, situated in Wilkes County. ZIP code 28659. Telephone area code: 828. 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.
