Sandy Creek, North Carolina Weather
Sandy Creek, 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 Sandy Creek, Wilson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sandy Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sandy Creek is published on the Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (KW03) 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 Sandy Creek 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 Sandy Creek: Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (KRWI) 16 km · Wayne Executive Jetport (KGWW) 28 km · Tarboro Edgecombe Airport (KETC) 40 km · Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (KGSB) 42 km · Pitt-Greenville Airport (KPGV) 46 km
Conditions reported at KW03 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sandy Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sandy Creek.
About Sandy Creek, North Carolina
Sandy Creek lies in a landscape where the land itself seems to breathe, a gentle, rolling terrain smoothed by centuries of weather. It lies 2.0 miles east-south-east of Wilson, NC (from Wilson, NC: bearing 116°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of Elm City. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a sweet, earthy scent, a mingling of damp soil and the distant, sun-baked fields. Pine trees, tall and slender, punctuate the horizon, their needles rustling like hushed whispers in the persistent breeze that sweeps across the open country. Ponds, dark mirrors reflecting the vast Carolina sky, dot the landscape, their stillness broken only by the occasional ripple of a unseen creature. The character of Sandy Creek is one of quiet persistence, a place where life unfolds at its own unhurried pace, marked by the slow turning of the seasons. The history of Sandy Creek is deeply entwined with the rich, dark earth that has sustained its people for generations. Agriculture has always been the lifeblood, the broad fields of tobacco and corn stretching out under the wide sky, a testament to the enduring connection between the community and its land. This fertile ground has shaped not only the economy but also the very spirit of Sandy Creek, fostering a resilience and a deep appreciation for the harvest. While no grand monuments mark its past, the subtle traces of earlier lives can be felt in the weathered barns that still stand sentinel over the fields and in the quiet dignity of the country churches. The local economy, rooted in the agricultural traditions, continues to adapt, embracing new methods while holding fast to the fundamental understanding of what this land can provide.
Live animated radar for Sandy Creek 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 | Sandy Creek, Wilson County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.708769°N, 77.884149°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27893, 28451 |
| Area Code | 919, 984, 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sandy Creek, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sandy Creek, 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 Sandy Creek includes coordinates 35.708769°N, 77.884149°W, situated in Wilson County. ZIP code 27893, 28451. Telephone area code: 919, 984, 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.
