Gorman, North Carolina Weather
Gorman, 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 Gorman, Durham County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gorman.
About Gorman, North Carolina
Gorman breathes a quiet country air, where the land gently slopes and rolls, hinting at the underlying Durham County topography. It lies 5.1 miles north-east of Durham, NC (from Durham, NC: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-south-west of Butner. Fields, once mightier with row crops, now often lie fallow or are given over to the tenacious spread of pines and young oaks, their branches reaching towards a sky that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue to a bruised purple at dusk. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a summer shower, a subtle perfume that mingles with the distant hum of unseen traffic, a reminder of the wider world that presses in on this pocket of rural tranquility. Sunlight, when it breaks through, has a soft, diffused quality, lending a gentle luminescence to the weathered clapboard of scattered homes and the stoic faces of ancient trees. The history of Gorman is etched not in grand monuments but in the slow turn of seasons and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, this land was shaped by the rhythm of agriculture, its economy tied to the soil that yielded its bounty. While the larger farms have largely receded, the legacy of that agrarian past remains, a quiet undercurrent in the local character. Today, Gorman is a place where life unfolds at a pace that allows for contemplation, where neighbors still greet each other with a nod and a shared understanding of the enduring beauty of their surroundings. The occasional weathered barn, standing sentinel against the encroaching woods, serves as a silent testament to the lives lived and the work done, a subtle reminder of the deep roots that anchor Gorman to its Durham County home.
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| Location | Gorman, Durham County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.036534°N, 78.82334°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27704 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gorman, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gorman, 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 Gorman includes coordinates 36.036534°N, 78.823340°W, situated in Durham County. ZIP code 27704. 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.
