Fairview, 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 Fairview, Surry County.
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Fairview rests in a hollow of Surry County, where the rolling hills of the Piedmont begin to gather themselves for the ascent towards the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 30.9 miles west-north-west of Winston Salem, NC (from Winston Salem, NC: bearing 301°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-east of Elkin. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields and dense woodlands, the latter a dark green, moss-velvet cloak thrown over the slopes. Old farmhouses, their paint weathered to the color of bone or faded barn red, stand sentinel on the ridges, their porches often catching the last, honeyed light of afternoon. The air itself carries a particular stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the whisper of wind through the pines, a quiet that feels as ancient as the stones beneath the soil. The story of Fairview is written in the land and the labor it has long demanded. For generations, this has been ground for tobacco and corn, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life. The economy, though diversified now, still carries the echoes of its agricultural roots, with small businesses and family farms forming the backbone of the local commerce. There are no grand monuments in Fairview, no soaring spires, but rather the enduring presence of the earth itself, the steadfastness of families who have worked this ground, and a quiet pride in a way of life that values resilience and the deep, abiding connections to the place.
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| Location | Fairview, Surry County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.328468°N, 80.720344°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28144, 28730, 27017, 28110 |
| Area Code | 336, 704, 980 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairview, 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 Fairview includes coordinates 36.328468°N, 80.720344°W, situated in Surry County. ZIP code 28144, 28730, 27017, 28110. Telephone area code: 336, 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. 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.