Orrum, North Carolina Weather
Orrum, 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 Orrum, Robeson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Orrum. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Orrum is published on the Lumberton Regional Airport (KLBT) page, 17 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. 5 airfields within reach of Orrum 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 Orrum: Green Sea Airport (KS79) 31 km · Dillon County Airport (KDLC) 33 km · Marion County Airport (KMAO) 44 km · Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB) 49 km
Conditions reported at KLBT describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orrum specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Orrum.
About Orrum, North Carolina
Orrum lies low and wide, a place where the earth exhales a humid breath. It lies 41.2 miles south of Fayetteville, NC (from Fayetteville, NC: bearing 190°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east-south-east of Fairmont. The land hereabouts is a broad, flat canvas, painted in shades of green and gold for much of the year, interrupted by the deep, dark veins of sluggish creeks and swamps. Magnolia trees, their waxy leaves catching the diffused sunlight, stand sentinel near the scattered farmsteads, their sweet, heavy perfume a constant companion on the air, especially after a summer rain. The sky, vast and often a pale, washed-out blue, seems to press down gently, a comforting weight for those accustomed to its sweep. The very air hums with the drone of insects and the distant, intermittent growl of farm machinery, a soundscape that defines the quiet character of Orrum. This corner of Robeson County carries the legacy of agriculture, a deep-rooted connection to the soil that has sustained generations. For years, the rich alluvial plains have yielded bountiful harvests of corn and soybeans, the backbone of Orrum’s local economy. The lumber industry, too, has played a significant role, with the nearby pine forests providing raw materials for mills that have long been a part of the landscape. While Orrum itself may not boast grand monuments, its history is etched in the weathered barns and the quiet tenacity of its people, who have learned to live in harmony with the rhythms of the land. The sense of community is palpable, a quiet understanding forged through shared seasons of planting and harvest, a slow, steady pulse of life that beats at the heart of Orrum.
Live animated radar for Orrum 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 | Orrum, Robeson County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.465999°N, 79.009198°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28369 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orrum, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orrum, 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 Orrum includes coordinates 34.465999°N, 79.009198°W, situated in Robeson County. ZIP code 28369. Telephone area code: 704, 980. 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.
