Rolesville, North Carolina Weather
Rolesville, 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 Rolesville, Wake County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rolesville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rolesville is published on the Triangle North Executive Airport (KLHZ) page, 16 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 Rolesville 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 Rolesville: Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU) 30 km · Johnston Regional Airport (KJNX) 43 km · Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (KW03) 47 km · Henderson Oxford Airport (KHNZ) 49 km · Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (KRWI) 52 km
Conditions reported at KLHZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rolesville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Rolesville, North Carolina
Rolesville rests on land that gently slopes, a subtle inclination that guides the rainwater toward the streams and creeks that thread through Wake County. It lies 4.9 miles south-east of Wake Forest, NC (from Wake Forest, NC: bearing 143°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Knightdale. Here, the air often carries the earthy scent of pine and damp soil, especially after a summer shower, a fragrance that clings to the broad-leafed oaks and the scattered loblolly pines. The horizon in Rolesville is not a harsh line, but a softer embrace of sky meeting land, punctuated by the occasional rise of a cultivated field or the darker silhouette of a wooded area. Evenings can bring a peculiar stillness, a hush that settles over the neighborhoods as the sun dips low, painting the western sky in hues of peach and lavender, and the quiet hum of cicadas becomes the dominant sound. This place, Rolesville, has seen generations of families cultivate its soil, a tradition that still echoes in the surrounding farms where soybeans and corn grow tall. Its roots extend back to a time when agriculture was the lifeblood, and the early settlers established a community built on hard work and shared resources. While the economic landscape has broadened, incorporating small businesses and the quiet bustle of a growing population, that foundational connection to the land remains. The old brick buildings along Main Street, though updated for modern use, whisper of earlier days, a subtle reminder of the resilience and steady progress that has characterized Rolesville through its history.
Live animated radar for Rolesville 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 | Rolesville, Wake County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.923207°N, 78.4575°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27571 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rolesville, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rolesville, 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 Rolesville includes coordinates 35.923207°N, 78.457500°W, situated in Wake County. ZIP code 27571. 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.
