Ossipee, North Carolina Weather
Ossipee, 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 Ossipee, Alamance County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ossipee. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ossipee is published on the Burlington Alamance Regional Airport (KBUY) page, 14 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 Ossipee 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 Ossipee: Causey Airport (K2A5) 30 km · Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO) 39 km · Rockingham County NC Shiloh Airport (KSIF) 42 km · Danville Regional Airport (KDAN) 47 km · Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County (KTDF) 49 km
Conditions reported at KBUY describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ossipee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ossipee.
About Ossipee, North Carolina
Ossipee rests in a broad, verdant basin where the land begins its gentle swell towards the Piedmont's higher reaches. It lies 6.7 miles north-west of Burlington, NC (from Burlington, NC: bearing 322°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-west of Graham. Rolling fields, stitched with the deep green of mature forests, define the horizon, their edges softened by the hazy blue of distant hills. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of fertile soil, especially after a rain, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, possesses a soft, diffused quality, painting the landscape in muted golds and mossy greens. Creek beds, often barely a whisper of water in drier months, carve shallow lines through the terrain, their banks lined with tenacious sumac and the occasional sentinel-like oak. The very character of Ossipee is one of quiet resilience, a place where the land dictates a steady, unhurried cadence. This pocket of Alamance County has long been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture, its history woven with the cultivation of tobacco and cotton, crops that demanded a certain kind of toil under the Carolina sun. While those days are not entirely past, the local economy has diversified, with small manufacturing concerns and a growing number of residents commuting to larger nearby centers. The legacy of its agricultural past, however, remains evident in the sprawling farmsteads and the weathered barns that dot the landscape, silent witnesses to generations of hard work. Ossipee itself doesn't boast grand monuments, but rather a collection of unassuming stores and homes that speak of a life lived deliberately, where community ties are as strong as the roots of the ancient trees that shade the few public spaces.
Live animated radar for Ossipee 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 | Ossipee, Alamance County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.172079°N, 79.510579°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27244 |
| Area Code | 336 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ossipee, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ossipee, 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 Ossipee includes coordinates 36.172079°N, 79.510579°W, situated in Alamance County. ZIP code 27244. Telephone area code: 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. 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.
