Mountain View, North Carolina Weather
Mountain View, 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 Mountain View, Orange County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mountain View. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mountain View is published on the Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County (KTDF) page, 24 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 Mountain View 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 Mountain View: Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU) 34 km · Burlington Alamance Regional Airport (KBUY) 36 km · Causey Airport (K2A5) 52 km · Raleigh Executive Jetport (KTTA) 55 km · Siler City Municipal Airport (KSCR) 57 km
Conditions reported at KTDF describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mountain View specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
