Fountain, North Carolina Weather
Fountain, 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 Fountain, Duplin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fountain. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fountain is published on the Albert J Ellis Airport (KOAJ) page, 6 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 Fountain 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 Fountain: MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field (KNCA) 26 km · Henderson Field (KACZ) 33 km · Duplin County Airport (KDPL) 33 km · Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field (KISO) 55 km
Conditions reported at KOAJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fountain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fountain.
About Fountain, North Carolina
Fountain, North Carolina, settles into a landscape of broad, fertile plains that gently slope towards the meandering waterways of the East. It lies 15.0 miles west-north-west of Jacksonville, NC (from Jacksonville, NC: bearing 294°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-south-west of Richlands. The air here carries a humid sweetness, a blend of sun-baked earth and the verdant breath of surrounding fields, often tinged with the faint, earthy scent of ripening tobacco or freshly tilled soil. Live oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss, stand as stoic sentinels along the few paved roads, their shadows lengthening and blurring as the afternoon sun dips lower, painting the sky in hues of soft apricot and fading rose. This is a place where the horizon feels close, defined by the low-slung silhouette of distant farmhouses and the occasional shimmer of heat rising from the asphalt, a quiet testament to the enduring agricultural heart of the region. The history of Fountain is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Duplin County, its economy long anchored by the cultivation of bright-leaf tobacco and, more recently, a diversification into other crops that thrive in this rich, sandy loam. The legacy of generations who worked this land is palpable, a quiet determination etched into the very character of the place. While no grand monuments rise here, the simple elegance of the modest homes and the sturdy practicality of the agricultural buildings speak of a community built on hard work and resilience. The occasional hum of machinery from a nearby farm or the distant echo of laughter from a front porch offers a glimpse into the unhurried rhythm of life in Fountain, a place where time seems to flow at a pace dictated by the seasons and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Fountain 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 | Fountain, Duplin County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.840998°N, 77.672752°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28521, 27829 |
| Area Code | 910, 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fountain, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fountain, 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 Fountain includes coordinates 34.840998°N, 77.672752°W, situated in Duplin County. ZIP code 28521, 27829. Telephone area code: 910, 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.
