Mountain View, North Carolina Weather
Mountain View, 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 Mountain View, Orange County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mountain View.
About Mountain View, North Carolina
Mountain View unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, where the verdant green of early summer begins to deepen into the richer hues of August. It lies 11.4 miles west-north-west of Durham, NC (from Durham, NC: bearing 301°T), and is situated 1.4 miles east of Hillsborough. The sky here, vast and often a pale, washed-out blue, stretches over fields that are a patchwork of cultivated crops and wilder, untamed scrub. A dry, dusty scent, tinged with the faint sweetness of ripening hay, often hangs in the air, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun casts long, attenuated shadows across the land. The terrain, while not dramatically steep, possesses a subtle swell and dip, guiding the eye and the infrequent roads in a meandering, organic fashion. The history of Mountain View is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent hum of agricultural life and the quiet resilience of its people. For generations, the rich Piedmont soil has sustained families through the cultivation of tobacco and corn, an enduring local economy that still defines the rhythm of the seasons. You can still see the ghost of that past in the weathered barns and the occasional abandoned farmhouse, stories whispered on the breeze. While larger industries have ebbed and flowed elsewhere, Mountain View has held fast to its agrarian roots, a quiet testament to the enduring power of the land itself. The nearby Haw River, though not a dramatic feature, provides a vital artery for the region, its presence a constant, murmuring counterpoint to the stillness of the fields.
Live animated radar for Mountain View 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.
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| Location | Mountain View, Orange County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.077641°N, 79.074178°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27021, 28704, 28712, 28602 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mountain View, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mountain View, 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 Mountain View includes coordinates 36.077641°N, 79.074178°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 27021, 28704, 28712, 28602. 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.
