Foxfire, North Carolina Weather
Foxfire, 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 Foxfire, Cumberland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Foxfire. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Foxfire is published on the Simmons Army Air Field (KFBG) 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 Foxfire 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 Foxfire: Pope Field (KPOB) 10 km · Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field (KFAY) 14 km · Harnett Regional Jetport Airport (KHRJ) 40 km · Moore County Airport (KSOP) 41 km · Mackall Army Air Field (KHFF) 47 km
Conditions reported at KFBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Foxfire specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Foxfire.
About Foxfire, North Carolina
Foxfire lies in a landscape where the piney woods of the North Carolina Sandhills begin to soften, yielding to the broader, flatter terrain characteristic of the inner Coastal Plain. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-east of Fort Bragg, NC (from Fort Bragg, NC: bearing 158°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-north-west of Fayetteville. Here, the earth, a rich, sandy loam, supports a growth of scrub oak and resilient longleaf pines, their needles forming a rustling carpet underfoot. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in warm, shifting shafts, illuminating the occasional patch of wild azalea or the subtle, moss-green hues clinging to weathered fence posts. The air itself carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of damp soil and the resinous tang of pine, especially potent after a summer shower. Even the silence here feels textured, broken only by the distant, percussive beat of a woodpecker or the whisper of wind through the high branches. This corner of Cumberland County has long been shaped by the gentle embrace of the Cape Fear River, its slow-moving waters a vital artery for commerce and sustenance since the earliest settlements. The economy of Foxfire, historically tied to agriculture, particularly tobacco and cotton, now finds a more diversified footing, with a growing presence in small manufacturing and services. Remnants of earlier eras are subtly present; old farmsteads, their paint long faded, stand as quiet witnesses to generations of toil. While not a place of grand monuments, Foxfire possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring presence that speaks to the resilience of its people and the enduring character of this particular stretch of North Carolina land.
Live animated radar for Foxfire 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 | Foxfire, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.08183°N, 78.980306°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28333, 27281 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 336 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Foxfire, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Foxfire, 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 Foxfire includes coordinates 35.081830°N, 78.980306°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 28333, 27281. Telephone area code: 704, 980, 336. 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.
