Mount Airy, North Carolina Weather
Mount Airy, 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 Mount Airy, Surry County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mount Airy. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mount Airy is published on the Mount Airy Surry County Airport (KMWK) page, 7 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 Mount Airy 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 Mount Airy: Elkin Municipal Airport (KZEF) 29 km · Twin County Airport (KHLX) 35 km · Smith Reynolds Airport (KINT) 53 km · Wilkes County Airport (KUKF) 54 km · Blue Ridge Airport (KMTV) 55 km
Conditions reported at KMWK describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Airy specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Airy.
About Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy rests in the rolling foothills where the Blue Ridge Mountains begin their slow descent towards the Piedmont. It lies 34.2 miles north-west of Winston Salem, NC (from Winston Salem, NC: bearing 324°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-east of Dobson. The land here is a patchwork of fields, a deep green in summer, fading to ochre and russet in autumn, all stitched together by weathered fence lines and the occasional stand of pines that catch the wind like ancient sentinels. The air itself carries a certain cleanness, a hint of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, especially in the early morning when the mist still clings to the hollows. Even the sunlight seems to filter differently here, softened by the broad leaves of oak and maple, casting long, shifting shadows across the undulating terrain. The rhythm of Mount Airy is one of quiet persistence, a slow turning of the seasons that dictates the pace of life as much as any clock. The spirit of Mount Airy is deeply entwined with its granite, a rich vein of the stone that has defined its economy and character for generations. Quarrying and stonecraft have shaped not just the landscape but the very hands that have worked it, leaving a legacy of sturdy buildings and enduring traditions. This industrious past is a palpable thing, a hum beneath the surface of everyday life, even as tourism has grown around the town’s most famous son, a legendary actor whose childhood home now draws visitors from far and wide. The local music scene, with its roots in bluegrass and country, also adds its own distinctive melody to the town’s soundtrack, a lively counterpoint to the enduring quietude of the surrounding hills.
Live animated radar for Mount Airy 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 | Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.499301°N, 80.607286°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27030 |
| Area Code | 336 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Airy, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Airy, 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 Mount Airy includes coordinates 36.499301°N, 80.607286°W, situated in Surry County. ZIP code 27030. Telephone area code: 336. 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.
