Princeville, North Carolina Weather
Princeville, 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 Princeville, Edgecombe County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Princeville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Princeville is published on the Tarboro Edgecombe Airport (KETC) page, 5 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 Princeville 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 Princeville: Pitt-Greenville Airport (KPGV) 31 km · Martin County Airport (KMCZ) 32 km · Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (KRWI) 33 km · Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (KW03) 42 km · Warren Field (KOCW) 56 km
Conditions reported at KETC describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Princeville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Princeville.
About Princeville, North Carolina
Princeville unfolds across a landscape gently cradled by the Tar River, its terrain a soft, yielding loam that has long been the backbone of this eastern North Carolina place. It lies 14.8 miles east-south-east of Rocky Mount, NC (from Rocky Mount, NC: bearing 103°T), and is situated 0.5 miles south-south-east of Tarboro. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant sweetness of ripening crops, a perfume that clings to the broad, flat fields stretching towards the horizon. Oak trees, stout and ancient, stand sentinel along the roadways, their limbs draped with Spanish moss that sways like spectral lace in the slightest breeze, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of the land. The sky, a vast canvas of shifting blues and grays, often hangs low, imbuing the afternoons with a diffused, almost golden light that softens the edges of houses and barns, lending a gentle, painterly quality to the everyday scene. The history of Princeville is deeply intertwined with the fertile lands surrounding it and the lifeblood of the Tar River, a waterway that has shaped its destiny for generations. This area, once primarily agricultural, has seen its share of cycles, from the boom times of tobacco and cotton to the more diversified farming of today, where corn and soybeans now often dominate the verdant expanses. Princeville carries a particular legacy as one of the oldest incorporated African American municipalities in the United States, a fact that imbues its very character with a profound sense of resilience and pride. The community's economic heartbeat has always been tied to the land and the river, a connection that continues to influence its pace of life, a rhythm that moves with the seasons and the flowing water rather than the clamor of industry.
Live animated radar for Princeville 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 | Princeville, Edgecombe County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.889601°N, 77.532194°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27886 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Princeville, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Princeville, 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 Princeville includes coordinates 35.889601°N, 77.532194°W, situated in Edgecombe County. ZIP code 27886. 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. 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.
