Fairmont, North Carolina Weather
Fairmont, 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 Fairmont, Wake County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fairmont. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fairmont is published on the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU) page, 15 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. 5 airfields within reach of Fairmont 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 Fairmont: Johnston Regional Airport (KJNX) 37 km · Triangle North Executive Airport (KLHZ) 40 km · Raleigh Executive Jetport (KTTA) 45 km · Harnett Regional Jetport Airport (KHRJ) 46 km
Conditions reported at KRDU describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairmont specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairmont.
About Fairmont, North Carolina
Fairmont rests as a quiet breath on the North Carolina landscape, a place where the land itself seems to hold its secrets close, a gentle swell of earth giving way to the broad, patient sweep of fields. It lies 2.0 miles north-west of Raleigh, NC (from Raleigh, NC: bearing 308°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east of Cary. The air here, especially when the sun begins its slow descent, carries a humid sweetness, a mingling of rich soil and the distant promise of pine. Scattered oaks and maples, their branches reaching like ancient, gnarled fingers, punctuate the horizon, offering shade and a sense of enduring presence. The terrain, a subtle, almost imperceptible undulation, suggests a slow, deliberate shaping by water and wind over countless years, a quiet resilience etched into the very grain of the land. The story of Fairmont is one of quiet perseverance, its economy historically rooted in the fertile earth that surrounds it, a legacy of agriculture that still whispers through the breeze. Early settlers found here a dependable bounty, a place where crops could flourish, and that spirit of cultivation has, in many ways, defined the character of Fairmont. While larger industries have come and gone, the town retains a distinctive connection to its agricultural past, a grounding that influences the pace of life and the communal spirit. There's a sense of history here that isn't shouted from monuments, but rather felt in the weathered barns and the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest, a palpable echo of generations who have worked this land.
Live animated radar for Fairmont 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 | Fairmont, Wake County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.789596°N, 78.666393°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27607, 28340 |
| Area Code | 919, 984, 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairmont, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairmont, 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 Fairmont includes coordinates 35.789596°N, 78.666393°W, situated in Wake County. ZIP code 27607, 28340. Telephone area code: 919, 984, 704, 980. 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.
