Wilson, North Carolina Weather
Wilson, 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 Wilson, Wilson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wilson. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wilson is published on the Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (KW03) page, 7 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 Wilson 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 Wilson: Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (KRWI) 15 km · Wayne Executive Jetport (KGWW) 29 km · Tarboro Edgecombe Airport (KETC) 41 km · Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (KGSB) 43 km · Pitt-Greenville Airport (KPGV) 49 km
Conditions reported at KW03 describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wilson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Wilson, North Carolina
Wilson breathes the humid, golden air of eastern North Carolina, a place where the land flattens and stretches, meeting a sky that often spills over with dramatic clouds. It lies 16.5 miles south-south-west of Rocky Mount, NC (from Rocky Mount, NC: bearing 205°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-west of Elm City. The terrain here, a gently rolling expanse of loamy soil, is a deep, rich brown under the sun, promising fertility. Fields of cotton, their white bolls like scattered pearls, and the emerald stalks of corn stand sentinel, their leaves rustling in the warm breezes that carry the scent of damp earth and distant pine. Ancient live oaks, their branches gnarled and draped with Spanish moss, offer pockets of cool shade, their silhouettes a familiar, comforting presence against the wide, open vistas. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a particular quality, a honeyed glow that softens the edges of everything, making the ordinary seem imbued with a quiet, understated beauty. Wilson's story is etched in the fertile soil and the enduring spirit of its people, a narrative woven from agriculture and industry. For generations, tobacco was king, its golden leaf shaping the local economy and the very rhythm of life, though the landscape now diversifies with soybeans and other crops, a testament to adaptation. The railroad, a vital artery in its early growth, still hums with activity, a reminder of Wilson's strategic importance as a hub. The spirit of innovation, however, is perhaps most vibrantly expressed in the town's surprising embrace of the arts, particularly its burgeoning reputation as a center for glassblowing, a delicate craft that transforms molten sand into breathtaking forms, a dazzling counterpoint to the earthy solidity of the surrounding fields.
Live animated radar for Wilson 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 | Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.721269°N, 77.91554°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27893, 28778, 27896 |
| Area Code | 828, 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wilson, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wilson, 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 Wilson includes coordinates 35.721269°N, 77.915540°W, situated in Wilson County. ZIP code 27893, 28778, 27896. Telephone area code: 828, 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.
