Pumpkin Center, North Carolina Weather
Pumpkin Center, 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 Pumpkin Center, Burke County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pumpkin Center. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pumpkin Center is published on the Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) page, 15 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 Pumpkin Center 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 Pumpkin Center: Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 28 km · Wilson's Airport (KE40) 32 km · Avery County Morrison Field (K7A8) 37 km · Rutherford County Marchman Field (KFQD) 38 km · Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (KEHO) 51 km
Conditions reported at KMRN describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pumpkin Center specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pumpkin Center.
About Pumpkin Center, North Carolina
Pumpkin Center unfolds across the rolling terrain of Burke County, a landscape painted in broad strokes of verdant farmland and the deeper, more shadowed hues of dense woodlands. It lies 20.2 miles west of Hickory, NC (from Hickory, NC: bearing 266°T), and is situated 2.5 miles south-south-west of Morganton. The air here often carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a testament to the persistent moisture that nourishes the region’s fertile soil, and the gentle undulations of the land give way to steeper inclines as the ancient Appalachian foothills begin their slow ascent. It is a place where the sky feels vast, particularly at dusk when the sun dips below the western ridges, casting long, ethereal shadows that stretch across fields of ripening corn and humble farmhouses, a quiet beauty that settles over the land like a soft, worn blanket. The story of Pumpkin Center is one deeply entwined with the agricultural heritage of this corner of North Carolina, where generations have coaxed sustenance from the land, their lives marked by the turning of seasons and the bounty of the harvest. The local economy, though modest, has long been anchored by farming, with crops like tobacco and corn having shaped its character, and the echoes of a simpler, more agrarian past still resonate in the unhurried pace of daily life. Though not a hub of industry, Pumpkin Center possesses a distinctive resilience, a quiet fortitude born from its enduring connection to the earth and the enduring spirit of its people, who have learned to thrive in harmony with the natural world that surrounds them.
Live animated radar for Pumpkin Center 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 | Pumpkin Center, Burke County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.710962°N, 81.700375°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28655, 28092, 28546 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pumpkin Center, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pumpkin Center, 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 Pumpkin Center includes coordinates 35.710962°N, 81.700375°W, situated in Burke County. ZIP code 28655, 28092, 28546. Telephone area code: 704, 980, 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.
