Kings Grant, North Carolina Weather
Kings Grant, 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 for Kings Grant, New Hanover County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Kings Grant. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Kings Grant is published on the Wilmington International Airport (KILM) page, 4 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. 3 airfields within reach of Kings Grant 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 Kings Grant: Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport (KSUT) 42 km · Henderson Field (KACZ) 52 km
Conditions reported at KILM describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kings Grant specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Kings Grant, North Carolina
Kings Grant lies in a region where the land gently slopes towards the Atlantic, a place where the air, thick with the scent of pine and salt, carries the distant murmur of the sea. It lies 5.5 miles east-north-east of Wilmington, NC (from Wilmington, NC: bearing 61°T), and is situated 2.3 miles south-south-west of Murraysville. The terrain here is a subtle landscape of low-lying plains, interspersed with the dark, rich soil that has long sustained its inhabitants. Ancient live oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss like the beards of old philosophers, stand sentinel over the few open fields, their shadows lengthening and deepening as the sun descends, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold. The very air seems to hold a hushed reverence for the quiet persistence of nature, a feeling amplified by the stillness that settles over the land as twilight approaches. This stretch of New Hanover County has a history deeply intertwined with the ebb and flow of coastal life and the cultivation of its fertile earth. For generations, the economy of Kings Grant was shaped by the agricultural bounty it produced, particularly its timber and naval stores, remnants of which can still be glimpsed in the weathered structures and the enduring presence of pine forests. While commerce has diversified, the spirit of resilience and connection to the land remains, a quiet testament to the enduring character of this locale. The waterways that thread through the surrounding areas, once vital arteries for trade, now offer a more tranquil beauty, reflecting the sky and drawing the eye towards the broader, more tumultuous embrace of the ocean.
Live animated radar for Kings Grant 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 | Kings Grant, New Hanover County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.263781°N, 77.86054°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28405 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kings Grant, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kings Grant, 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 Kings Grant includes coordinates 34.263781°N, 77.860540°W, situated in New Hanover County. ZIP code 28405. 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.
