Grifton, North Carolina Weather
Grifton, 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 Grifton, Pitt County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Grifton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Grifton is published on the Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field (KISO) page, 16 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 Grifton 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 Grifton: Pitt-Greenville Airport (KPGV) 30 km · Warren Field (KOCW) 41 km · Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (KGSB) 48 km · Wayne Executive Jetport (KGWW) 49 km · Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (KEWN) 49 km
Conditions reported at KISO describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grifton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Grifton.
About Grifton, North Carolina
Grifton lies where the land begins to soften, a place of wide skies and the slow, deliberate crawl of the Neuse River. It lies 17.1 miles south-south-west of Greenville, NC (from Greenville, NC: bearing 194°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Ayden. The terrain here is generally flat, yielding easily to broad fields that stretch out like sun-bleached canvas, punctuated by stands of mature pine and the occasional stubborn oak. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a damp, earthy scent, a mixture of rich soil and the distant, subtle perfume of ripening crops. Evenings often bring a peculiar stillness, the kind that settles over agricultural landscapes as the day’s work tapers off, and the light, a hazy gold, seems to linger a little longer over the low horizon. The history of Grifton is inextricably tied to the flow of the Neuse, its early days shaped by the river’s capacity for both transport and sustenance. For generations, farming has been the lifeblood, with tobacco, corn, and soybeans dominating the cultivated acres, their growth mirroring the predictable seasons. Small businesses, the kind that know their customers by name, line the main thoroughfares, providing essential goods and services that keep the local economy humming at a steady, unhurried pace. While Grifton may not boast grand monuments, its character is etched in the quiet resilience of its people and the enduring agricultural heritage that defines this corner of Pitt County.
Live animated radar for Grifton 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 | Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.372663°N, 77.437464°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28530 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grifton, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grifton, 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 Grifton includes coordinates 35.372663°N, 77.437464°W, situated in Pitt County. ZIP code 28530. Telephone area code: 910. 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.
