Mount Gilead, North Carolina Weather
Mount Gilead, 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 Mount Gilead, Montgomery County.
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About Mount Gilead, North Carolina
Mount Gilead rises from the rolling Piedmont, a place where the land gently swells and recedes, cloaked in a tapestry of mature hardwoods and whispering pines. It lies 34.8 miles east-north-east of Monroe, NC (from Monroe, NC: bearing 63°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east of Norwood. The air here carries the sweet, earthy perfume of damp soil after a spring shower, mingling with the faint, distant scent of woodsmoke. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating patches of emerald moss clinging to ancient, weathered rocks. The terrain, though not dramatic, possesses a quiet solidity, a sense of enduring presence that seems to anchor the very spirit of the place. For generations, the fortunes of Mount Gilead have been tied to the fertile earth and the resourcefulness of its people. Agriculture, particularly cotton and tobacco in earlier times, laid the foundation for its economy, and echoes of that agrarian past can still be felt in the weathered barns and open fields that punctuate the landscape. More recently, a diversified approach has taken root, with small manufacturing and local businesses contributing to the town's livelihood. A notable feature of Mount Gilead is its strong sense of community, a spirit fostered by shared history and the enduring rhythm of life lived close to the land, where the slow unfolding of seasons dictates the pace.
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| Location | Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.214867°N, 80.002278°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28622, 27306 |
| Area Code | 828, 336 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Gilead, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Gilead, 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 Mount Gilead includes coordinates 35.214867°N, 80.002278°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 28622, 27306. Telephone area code: 828, 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. 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.
