Salem, North Carolina Weather
Salem, 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 Salem, Surry County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Salem. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Mount Airy Surry County Airport (KMWK) page, 10 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 Salem 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 Salem: Twin County Airport (KHLX) 32 km · Elkin Municipal Airport (KZEF) 33 km · Blue Ridge Airport (KMTV) 53 km · Smith Reynolds Airport (KINT) 56 km · Wilkes County Airport (KUKF) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMWK describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salem.
About Salem, North Carolina
Salem, North Carolina, unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, where the fertile Yadkin River valley begins to yield to the more rugged terrain leading toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 36.2 miles north-north-west of Winston Salem, NC (from Winston Salem, NC: bearing 327°T), and is situated 2.7 miles north of Mount Airy. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the deep, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening corn, a testament to the land's enduring agricultural heart. Fields of soybeans and tobacco, in their respective seasons, stretch out like quilted patches of green and gold, punctuated by stands of mature oak and hickory that cast long, cool shadows in the late afternoon sun. The roads that wind through Salem are often lined with ancient stone walls, their moss-covered faces whispering of generations who cleared and cultivated this ground, their labor etched not in grand monuments, but in the very contours of the earth. The history of Salem is deeply intertwined with the agricultural traditions that continue to define its economy, with tobacco and dairy farming long holding sway. While the pace of life here is unhurried, it is not stagnant; a quiet industriousness can be felt in the hum of tractors in the fields and the steady work at local processing plants. Salem has a character all its own, a blend of rural stoicism and a subtle, enduring community spirit, where neighbors still know each other's names and the changing seasons dictate the rhythm of daily life. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Salem carries the quiet dignity of a community that has weathered time and change, its roots firmly planted in the rich soil of its surroundings.
Live animated radar for Salem 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 | Salem, Surry County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.53819°N, 80.601176°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27320, 27101, 27030, 28655 |
| Area Code | 336, 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 36.538190°N, 80.601176°W, situated in Surry County. ZIP code 27320, 27101, 27030, 28655. Telephone area code: 336, 828. 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.
