Fairfield, North Carolina Weather
Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, Johnston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fairfield. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fairfield is published on the Johnston Regional Airport (KJNX) page, 7 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield: Wayne Executive Jetport (KGWW) 32 km · Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (KGSB) 38 km · Harnett Regional Jetport Airport (KHRJ) 41 km · Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (KW03) 42 km · Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (KRWI) 54 km
Conditions reported at KJNX describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairfield.
About Fairfield, North Carolina
Fairfield unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the air often carries the humid, earthy scent of fertile soil. It lies 12.0 miles south-east of Clayton, NC (from Clayton, NC: bearing 139°T), and is situated 1.5 miles east-north-east of Smithfield. Oak and pine trees, their branches thick with the green of a Carolina summer, fringe the edges of fields that stretch towards the hazy horizon. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, seems to soften, bathing the weathered wood of houses and barns in a warm, almost honeyed glow that speaks of enduring days. The roads, often lined with the unassuming beauty of wild dogwood and azaleas, curve with the land, guiding the eye through a patchwork of cultivated acres and verdant woodlands. This corner of Johnston County has long been shaped by the bounty of its land, its economy historically rooted in agriculture. Generations have worked the soil, coaxing corn, tobacco, and soybeans from its depths, a tradition that still hums beneath the surface of daily life in Fairfield. While modern industries have found a foothold, the enduring character of the place is still informed by this agrarian past, a quiet resilience evident in the way the community sustains itself. The waterways that meander through the surrounding countryside, remnants of ancient creek beds and slow-moving streams, whisper tales of a time when they were the arteries of commerce and connection, a history that still subtly shapes the rhythm of Fairfield.
Live animated radar for Fairfield 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 | Fairfield, Johnston County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.519327°N, 78.316389°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27577, 27408, 28103, 27826 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 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, 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 Fairfield includes coordinates 35.519327°N, 78.316389°W, situated in Johnston 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. 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.
