Walnut Cove, North Carolina Weather
Walnut Cove, 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 Walnut Cove, Orange County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Walnut Cove. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Walnut Cove is published on the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU) page, 31 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 Walnut Cove 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 Walnut Cove: Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County (KTDF) 32 km · Burlington Alamance Regional Airport (KBUY) 34 km · Raleigh Executive Jetport (KTTA) 47 km · Causey Airport (K2A5) 48 km · Siler City Municipal Airport (KSCR) 50 km
Conditions reported at KRDU describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Walnut Cove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Walnut Cove.
About Walnut Cove, North Carolina
Walnut Cove, a place where the rolling Piedmont hills begin to assert their quiet dominance, unfolds with a gentle, almost apologetic grace. It lies 6.9 miles north-north-west of Chapel Hill, NC (from Chapel Hill, NC: bearing 341°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north of Carrboro. The land here is a study in muted greens and earthy browns, a fertile canvas painted by the slow crawl of seasons. Broadleaf trees, their branches reaching with a patient strength, punctuate the landscape, their leaves whispering secrets in the breeze that carries the scent of damp soil and distant pine. The air itself feels soft, a palpable presence that caresses the skin, especially in the liminal hours of twilight when the sky bleeds into hues of lavender and rose, casting long, dancing shadows across the fields. It is a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately contained, a subtle invitation to linger and observe the slow, steady pulse of the natural world. The history of Walnut Cove is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of its agricultural past and the quiet tenacity of its people. For generations, the fertile ground has yielded its bounty, sustaining a local economy built on the honest labor of the land, with crops like tobacco and corn having once shaped its identity. Though the economic landscape has shifted, a spirit of self-reliance persists, evident in the small businesses that dot the central thoroughfares and the friendly nods exchanged between neighbors. The nearby Dan River, a ribbon of silver threading through the verdant countryside, has always been a silent witness to this unfolding narrative, a constant source of sustenance and a gentle reminder of the enduring power of nature.
Live animated radar for Walnut Cove 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 | Walnut Cove, Orange County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.008197°N, 79.095568°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27516, 27052 |
| Area Code | 919, 984, 336 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walnut Cove, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walnut Cove, 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 Walnut Cove includes coordinates 36.008197°N, 79.095568°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 27516, 27052. Telephone area code: 919, 984, 336. 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.
