Gaston, North Carolina Weather
Gaston, 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 Gaston, Northampton County.
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About Gaston, North Carolina
Gaston rests in a broad, fertile plain where the land begins its gentle descent towards the Roanoke River. It lies 39.7 miles north-north-east of Rocky Mount, NC (from Rocky Mount, NC: bearing 12°T), and is situated 2.7 miles north of Roanoke Rapids. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the rich, damp scent of cultivated earth and the distant, sweetish perfume of ripening tobacco, mingling with the fainter, almost metallic tang of the river itself. Fields of corn, their tasseled heads nodding like ancient sentinels, stretch towards horizons softened by the humid air, their emerald green a stark contrast to the pale, sun-bleached wood of scattered farmhouses and the occasional weathered barn. The sky above Gaston often unfurls in vast, sweeping canvases of blue, punctuated by slow-moving clouds that cast ephemeral shadows across the undulating terrain, a landscape that feels both ancient and perpetually renewed by the sun and rain. The history of Gaston is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a story told in the enduring presence of tobacco and cotton farming that has shaped its economy for generations. The very character of Gaston is etched by the rhythm of planting and harvest, a cycle that has sustained its people and fostered a quiet, resilient spirit. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring network of country roads, the small, sturdy churches, and the general store that serves as a de facto community hub all speak to a continuity of life. The nearby Roanoke River, a vital artery for commerce in earlier times, continues to influence the local ecology, its slow, dark waters reflecting the verdant banks and the passage of time, a constant, murmuring presence in the background of Gaston's unhurried existence.
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| Location | Gaston, Northampton County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.500428°N, 77.64498°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27832 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gaston, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gaston, 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 Gaston includes coordinates 36.500428°N, 77.644980°W, situated in Northampton County. ZIP code 27832. Telephone area code: 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. 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.
