Oak City, North Carolina Weather
Oak City, 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 Oak City, Martin County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oak City.
About Oak City, North Carolina
Oak City rests in a landscape where the flatlands of eastern North Carolina begin their slow, deliberate tilt toward the coast. It lies 24.5 miles north of Greenville, NC (from Greenville, NC: bearing 8°T), and is situated 13.6 miles east-north-east of Tarboro. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and ripening corn, a pervasive sweetness that clings to the skin. Fields of soybeans and cotton stretch out like rumpled green blankets, interrupted by stands of mature oak trees, their branches reaching wide as if to gather the diffused sunlight that filters through the often-hazy sky. The Tar River, a broad, serpentine ribbon, meanders through this terrain, its waters reflecting the muted greens and browns of the surrounding vegetation, and its presence lending a subtle, humid breath to the otherwise still air. The history of Oak City is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a tradition that still underpins its local economy. Generations have worked this fertile soil, cultivating crops that have sustained families and fed distant markets. While farming remains a cornerstone, the echoes of past industries, perhaps timber or small-scale manufacturing, can still be discerned in the weathered facades of some of the older buildings that line Main Street. Oak City possesses a quiet character, a place where the rhythm of the day is often dictated by the rising sun and the closing of shops, a gentleness that seems to absorb the occasional rumble of a passing truck or the distant drone of a tractor.
Live animated radar for Oak City and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Oak City, Martin County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.963769°N, 77.308021°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27857 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oak City, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oak City, 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 Oak City includes coordinates 35.963769°N, 77.308021°W, situated in Martin County. ZIP code 27857. Telephone area code: 919, 984. 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.
