Fairfield, North Carolina Weather
Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, Guilford County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairfield.
About Fairfield, North Carolina
Fairfield unfolds across rolling Piedmont terrain, a landscape where the gentle swell of the land suggests the slow, patient work of water over millennia. It lies 2.4 miles north-west of Greensboro, NC (from Greensboro, NC: bearing 322°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-south-east of Summerfield. Oak and pine trees stand sentinel, their branches often draped with the ethereal wisps of Spanish moss that drift on the humid air, a subtle reminder of the South’s pervasive moisture. The fields, sometimes broad and sun-baked, sometimes dappled with shade from passing clouds, are cut by the occasional meandering creek, its banks often fringed with ferns and the stubborn green of kudzu. The very air here seems to hold a quiet, persistent humidity, a feeling of deep breath taken in by the earth itself, especially in the lingering warmth of a late afternoon. This corner of Guilford County carries the quiet dignity of its agricultural past, a heritage still visible in the weathered barns and the patchwork quilt of cultivated land that surrounds Fairfield. While industrialization has certainly touched the region, the enduring spirit of farming remains, a grounding force in the local economy. The echoes of earlier generations, who cleared these fields and built these roads, are palpable in the enduring sense of community, a shared understanding forged by seasons of planting and harvest. There are no grand monuments here, no towering structures to draw the eye, but rather a subtle beauty in the everyday, in the way the light catches the dust motes dancing in a sunbeam or the steady hum of cicadas on a summer evening, all contributing to the singular character of Fairfield.
Live animated radar for Fairfield and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Fairfield, Guilford County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.100136°N, 79.818643°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27577, 27408, 28103, 27826 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfield, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfield, 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 Fairfield includes coordinates 36.100136°N, 79.818643°W, situated in Guilford County. ZIP code 27577, 27408, 28103, 27826. Telephone area code: 704, 980, 919, 984. 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.
