Bessemer City, North Carolina Weather
Bessemer City, 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 Bessemer City, Gaston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bessemer City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bessemer City is published on the Gastonia Municipal Airport (KAKH) page, 15 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. 5 airfields within reach of Bessemer City 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 Bessemer City: Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport (KIPJ) 25 km · Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (KEHO) 29 km · Wilson's Airport (KE40) 41 km · Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 52 km
Conditions reported at KAKH describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bessemer City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bessemer City.
About Bessemer City, North Carolina
Bessemer City rises from the Piedmont's rolling terrain, a place where the sky often stretches wide and the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 5.7 miles west-north-west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 286°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-east of Kings Mountain. The landscape here is a gentle, sculpted tableau of low hills and well-tended fields, interspersed with stands of hardwood and the occasional glint of water from a creek or pond. Streets wind with a comfortable, organic flow, lined by homes whose porches seem designed for languid afternoons, and businesses that speak of steady, dependable commerce. The very feel of the place is one of grounded resilience, a quiet strength that emanates from the land itself, where the sun dips behind the western hills in a blaze of orange and violet, painting the clouds in strokes of profound color. The story of Bessemer City is deeply entwined with the earth beneath its feet, particularly the rich veins of iron ore that once fueled its founding and its early prosperity. This subterranean bounty gave rise to a robust mining and manufacturing heritage, a legacy that shaped the town's character and its people. While the mines themselves have long since fallen silent, the spirit of industry persists, now channeled into diverse enterprises that keep Bessemer City humming with a quiet, determined energy. You can still sense the echoes of those early days in the sturdy architecture and the no-nonsense pragmatism of its inhabitants, a community that understands the value of hard work and the enduring pull of home.
Live animated radar for Bessemer City 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 | Bessemer City, Gaston County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.284858°N, 81.28397°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28016 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bessemer City, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bessemer City, 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 Bessemer City includes coordinates 35.284858°N, 81.283970°W, situated in Gaston County. ZIP code 28016. Telephone area code: 704, 980. 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.
