Porters Neck, North Carolina Weather
Porters Neck, 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 for Porters Neck, New Hanover County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Porters Neck. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Porters Neck is published on the Wilmington International Airport (KILM) page, 13 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. 4 airfields within reach of Porters Neck 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 Porters Neck: Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport (KSUT) 49 km · Henderson Field (KACZ) 52 km · MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field (KNCA) 55 km
Conditions reported at KILM describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Porters Neck specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Porters Neck, North Carolina
Porters Neck breathes the humid, salt-laced air of the North Carolina coast, a place where the land settles into wide, flat expanses fringed by the slow, dark waters of the Intracoastal Waterway. It lies 11.1 miles east-north-east of Wilmington, NC (from Wilmington, NC: bearing 65°T), and is situated 4.5 miles east of Murraysville. Here, the scrub pines stand in stoic ranks, their needles catching the low-angled sun, and the air hums with the drone of unseen insects and the distant, almost mournful cry of gulls. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, rise from the marshy edges of the creeks, their roots gripping the rich, dark earth that has seen centuries of ebb and flow. The landscape itself feels unhurried, a gentle unfolding of green and brown that yields grudgingly to the encroaching development, a persistent reminder of nature's quiet dominion. The history of Porters Neck is inextricably linked to the maritime traditions and agricultural bounty of the region. Once a landscape of rice plantations and timber harvesting, its character has been shaped by generations of families who drew their livelihood from the fertile soil and the abundant waterways. Today, while the echoes of that past persist in the weathered barns and the names of the old creeks, the local economy has diversified, embracing a blend of residential development and the service industries that cater to its growing population. The proximity to the wider Wilmington metropolitan area offers a vibrant counterpoint to the more pastoral feel of Porters Neck, yet the distinct sense of place remains, a quiet assertion of its own identity against the rush of modern life.
Live animated radar for Porters Neck 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 | Porters Neck, New Hanover County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.2942°N, 77.7695°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28411 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Porters Neck, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porters Neck, 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 Porters Neck includes coordinates 34.294200°N, 77.769500°W, situated in New Hanover County. ZIP code 28411. Telephone area code: 910. 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.
