Rockfish, North Carolina Weather
Rockfish, 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 Rockfish, Hoke County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rockfish. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rockfish is published on the Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB) page, 35 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. 2 airfields within reach of Rockfish 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 Rockfish: Lumberton Regional Airport (KLBT) 42 km
Conditions reported at KMEB describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockfish specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockfish.
About Rockfish, North Carolina
Rockfish rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, steady work of water and time, where the sandy loam of the Sandhills gives way to a gentler, undulating terrain. It lies 10.6 miles south-south-west of Fort Bragg, NC (from Fort Bragg, NC: bearing 198°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-north-west of Hope Mills. Pine trees, their needles a soft carpet underfoot, stand sentinel over patches of scrub oak and tenacious broom sedge, their crowns catching the high Carolina sun. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, resinous scent of pine, mingling with the fainter, earthy perfume of damp soil after a brief shower. Creeks, often shallow and winding, thread their way through the land, their banks fringed with a tangle of vines and hardy undergrowth, reflecting the vast, pale blue of the sky. The history of Rockfish is tied to the agricultural rhythms of this part of Hoke County, a place that has long supported the cultivation of crops like tobacco and cotton, their legacy still visible in the broad, open fields that break the tree line. Generations have worked this soil, their lives dictated by the seasons and the demands of the land, leaving behind a quiet resilience in the community. While not a hub of industry, the local economy has historically been rooted in agriculture and the timber harvested from the surrounding pine forests, a quiet continuity that shapes the pace of life here. There's a sense of history not in grand monuments, but in the weathered barns and the enduring presence of family farms, a subtle testament to the enduring spirit of Rockfish.
Live animated radar for Rockfish 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 | Rockfish, Hoke County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.992664°N, 79.066142°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28376 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockfish, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockfish, 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 Rockfish includes coordinates 34.992664°N, 79.066142°W, situated in Hoke County. ZIP code 28376. Telephone area code: 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. 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.
