Prospect, North Carolina Weather
Prospect, 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 Prospect, Brunswick County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prospect.
About Prospect, North Carolina
Prospect lies low and wide under a sky that often carries the humid promise of summer rain. It lies 21.7 miles south-west of Leland, NC (from Leland, NC: bearing 228°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-north-east of South Brunswick. The land here is flat, a sandy loam that supports stands of pine and scattered hardwoods, their branches reaching towards the diffuse light. Water is never far off; shallow ditches and low-lying areas collect moisture, reflecting the pale blue or bruised grey of the heavens. The air itself has a certain weight to it, thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a quiet stillness broken only by the drone of insects and the occasional distant hum of a truck on the highway. The history of Prospect is tied to the fertile, if sandy, soil and the waterways that have always been its arteries. For generations, agriculture has been the bedrock of the local economy, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching across the terrain, their green rows a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land. This is a place where the rhythm of planting and harvest still dictates the pace of life, a steady pulse against the faster beat of the wider world. While modern conveniences have arrived, the essential character of Prospect remains rooted in its agricultural heritage and the quiet resilience of its inhabitants.
Live animated radar for Prospect and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Prospect, Brunswick County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.047671°N, 78.328613°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28462, 28372 |
| Area Code | 910, 704, 980 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prospect, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prospect, 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 Prospect includes coordinates 34.047671°N, 78.328613°W, situated in Brunswick County. ZIP code 28462, 28372. Telephone area code: 910, 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. 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.
