Flat Rock, North Carolina Weather
Flat Rock, 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 Flat Rock, Vance County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Flat Rock. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Flat Rock is published on the Henderson Oxford Airport (KHNZ) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Flat Rock 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 Flat Rock: Lake Country Regional Airport (KW63) 28 km · Triangle North Executive Airport (KLHZ) 41 km · Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional Airport (KAVC) 43 km · Chase City Municipal Airport (KCXE) 46 km · Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County (KTDF) 56 km
Conditions reported at KHNZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Flat Rock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Flat Rock.
About Flat Rock, North Carolina
Flat Rock lies where the land begins to soften its contours, a place where the rolling Piedmont of North Carolina meets a gentler, more yielding terrain. It lies 29.5 miles north-north-east of Wake Forest, NC (from Wake Forest, NC: bearing 16°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-north-east of Henderson. Here, the earth, a rich, ochre-tinged clay, cradles the slow meander of creeks and cradles the roots of venerable oaks and pines. The air itself seems to carry a quiet humidity, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, a palpable presence that clings to the skin like a fine dew. Sunlight, when it breaks through the verdant canopy, falls in diffused shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still air and lending a golden sheen to the weathered planks of old farmsteads. It is a landscape that doesn't shout its beauty but whispers it, in the rustle of leaves, the distant call of a dove, and the subtle, almost imperceptible, shift in light as day yields to dusk. The history of Flat Rock is inextricably linked to the fertile soil and the waterways that have sustained it for generations. Once, this land was a patchwork of tobacco fields and cotton plantations, the air thick with the scent of curing leaves and the sweat of labor. Though the grand estates have largely receded, the agricultural spirit persists, with farms still dotting the landscape, their fields now often dedicated to corn, soybeans, and cattle. The local economy, while not booming, possesses a quiet resilience, built on the sturdy foundations of agribusiness and the small, independent businesses that serve the surrounding countryside. There are no grand monuments or bustling avenues in Flat Rock, but there is a deep, abiding connection to the land and its past, a sense of continuity felt in the well-worn tools in a farmer's shed and the quiet hum of tractors as they work the fields under a wide, benevolent sky.
Live animated radar for Flat Rock 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 | Flat Rock, Vance County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.391256°N, 78.367774°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27030, 28731, 27537, 28739 |
| Area Code | 919, 984, 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Flat Rock, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flat Rock, 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 Flat Rock includes coordinates 36.391256°N, 78.367774°W, situated in Vance County. ZIP code 27030, 28731, 27537, 28739. Telephone area code: 919, 984, 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. 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.
