Ennice, North Carolina Weather
Ennice, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Ennice, Alleghany County.
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About Ennice, North Carolina
Ennice unfolds across a landscape where rolling hills begin their serious ascent towards the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place where the air itself seems to carry the scent of pine and damp earth after a sunshower. It lies 52.3 miles north-west of Winston Salem, NC (from Winston Salem, NC: bearing 307°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-south-west of Galax. The terrain here is a study in patient erosion, the land sculpted into a series of verdant folds and shadowed hollows, with the New River carving its serpentine path through the broader valleys. Farmsteads, often modest and weathered, cling to the slopes, their fields a patchwork of summer greens and autumn golds, a testament to the enduring relationship between people and this rugged ground. The sky above Ennice is a generous canvas, often painted with broad strokes of cloud that lend a dramatic quality to the afternoon light, highlighting the deep emerald of the forests and the muted grays of distant ridges. The story of Ennice is deeply entwined with the agricultural heritage of Alleghany County, a region historically shaped by tobacco farming and the hardy resilience required to coax a living from its sometimes unforgiving soil. While many of the old tobacco barns now stand silent, the spirit of self-sufficiency persists, evident in the small-scale farms and the local craftspeople who continue traditions passed down through generations. The economy here, as in many parts of the mountains, has diversified, with some residents finding work in nearby larger towns, while others maintain a connection to the land through raising livestock, growing produce, or engaging in artisanal pursuits. The quiet hum of everyday life in Ennice is punctuated by the infrequent rumble of a truck on the winding roads and the distant call of a bird, a soundtrack that speaks of a pace dictated less by the clock and more by the seasons and the natural rhythms of the mountains.
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| Location | Ennice, Alleghany County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.553463°N, 80.995913°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28623 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ennice, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ennice, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Ennice includes coordinates 36.553463°N, 80.995913°W, situated in Alleghany County. ZIP code 28623. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
