Hays, North Carolina Weather
Hays, 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 Hays, Wilkes County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hays.
About Hays, North Carolina
Hays rests in a fold of Wilkes County where the Blue Ridge Mountains begin their broad, rolling ascent, a landscape defined by the persistent murmur of creeks and the deep green of mixed hardwoods. It lies 34.7 miles north-north-west of Statesville, NC (from Statesville, NC: bearing 338°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-north-east of North Wilkesboro. The air here, especially in the early morning, carries a crispness that hints at the elevation, a clean scent woven with the damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of pine. Farms, their fields etched with the seasons, climb the gentler slopes, dotted with barns that stand as weathered sentinels against the sky, their paint faded to the muted hues of lichen and old wood. Above it all, the ancient peaks wear their cloaks of mist, shifting and thinning with the sun's slow arc, and the shadows that stretch across the valleys in the late afternoon possess a particular, almost tangible depth. The spirit of Hays is a blend of hardy agricultural tradition and the quiet ingenuity of its people. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained families, yielding crops that have fed the region and formed the backbone of its economy, while the clear, cool waters of the nearby Yadkin River have provided both sustenance and a source of quiet contemplation. This is a place where the echoes of old-time music can still be heard on a summer evening, a testament to a heritage rich in folkways and storytelling, and where the pace of life allows for conversations that linger, unhurried, on front porches as the twilight deepens. Though the wider world rushes on, Hays holds to a steady rhythm, a place where the land and its history continue to shape the lives of those who call it home.
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| Location | Hays, Wilkes County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.249854°N, 81.115639°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28635 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hays, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hays, 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 Hays includes coordinates 36.249854°N, 81.115639°W, situated in Wilkes County. ZIP code 28635. Telephone area code: 828. 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.
