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, Stokes County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Walnut Cove. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Walnut Cove is published on the Smith Reynolds Airport (KINT) page, 19 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: Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO) 28 km · Rockingham County NC Shiloh Airport (KSIF) 30 km · Blue Ridge Airport (KMTV) 39 km · Mount Airy Surry County Airport (KMWK) 41 km · Hiatt Airport (KN97) 52 km
Conditions reported at KINT describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 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 rests in a broad, fertile valley, where the gentle slopes of the Piedmont rise to meet the rolling hills that signal the approach of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 12.7 miles north-north-west of Kernersville, NC (from Kernersville, NC: bearing 343°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-north-west of Stokesdale. The Dan River, a ribbon of cool, dark water, meanders nearby, its banks often fringed with willows and sycamores, their leaves catching the late afternoon sun in a soft, golden luminescence. Fields of tobacco and corn stretch out in neat rectangles, a patchwork of greens and golds under the expansive Carolina sky, while stands of mature oak and pine punctuate the horizon, their shadows lengthening across the land as day gives way to evening. The air here carries a distinct scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a quiet testament to the agrarian heart of this place. The history of Walnut Cove is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of its soil, once a significant hub for tobacco cultivation and processing, an industry that shaped its early economy and character. The arrival of the railroad brought further growth, connecting this verdant valley to wider markets and fostering a sense of robust, yet unhurried, enterprise. While the landscape remains predominantly agricultural, the spirit of innovation persists, with local businesses adapting to new opportunities while retaining the grounded, resourceful nature that has always defined Walnut Cove. The old general stores and weathered barns still stand, silent witnesses to generations who have worked this land, their presence lending a tangible weight to the passage of time.
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, Stokes County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.295415°N, 80.141712°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 36.295415°N, 80.141712°W, situated in Stokes 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.
