Kelford, 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 Kelford, Bertie County.
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Kelford lies low and wide, a sprawl of quiet lanes and modest homes where the land itself seems to exhale a sigh of contentment. It lies 35.8 miles east-north-east of Rocky Mount, NC (from Rocky Mount, NC: bearing 62°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-south-east of Rich Square. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the rich, earthy scent of damp soil and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle clinging to weathered fences. Fields of corn, their emerald stalks reaching skyward, stretch out like a verdant sea, broken only by the occasional cluster of pines or the silver glint of a slow-moving creek winding its way through the gentle terrain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, has a golden, almost liquid quality, painting the broad, flat landscape with a soft, diffused glow. The story of Kelford is written in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, a legacy deeply entwined with the fertile soil of Bertie County. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, supporting families through the cultivation of crops that define the region's economic rhythm. While the larger world rushes on, Kelford maintains its own measured pace, a place where the echoes of past harvests still resonate in the rustling leaves and the familiar hum of tractors working the fields. A palpable sense of continuity pervades the community, a quiet understanding of the enduring connection between the people and the earth that sustains them.
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| Location | Kelford, Bertie County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.179601°N, 77.223576°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27847 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kelford, 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 Kelford includes coordinates 36.179601°N, 77.223576°W, situated in Bertie County. ZIP code 27847. 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.