Bethel, North Carolina Weather
Bethel, 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 Bethel, Columbus County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bethel. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bethel is published on the Twin City Airport (K5J9) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Bethel 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 Bethel: Columbus County Municipal Airport (KCPC) 17 km · Green Sea Airport (KS79) 29 km · Grand Strand Airport (KCRE) 35 km · Odell Williamson Municipal Airport (K60J) 35 km · Bladenboro Airport (K3W6) 47 km
Conditions reported at K5J9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bethel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bethel.
About Bethel, North Carolina
Bethel rests in a landscape where the earth exhales a humid breath, a place where the sun, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, languid shadows across fields of ripening crops. It lies 26.5 miles north-north-east of Carolina Forest, SC (from Carolina Forest, SC: bearing 18°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Tabor City. The air here, thick with the scent of pine and damp soil, carries the distant hum of insects and the occasional rustle of unseen creatures in the bordering woodlands. Gentle slopes, softened by a persistent green, define the terrain, leading the eye towards horizons often softened by a hazy, almost pearlescent light. Here, life unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the slow, deliberate turning of the earth, a quiet constancy that underpins the character of Bethel. Historically, Bethel’s story is entwined with the fertile lands that surround it, an economy long anchored in agriculture, cultivating crops that have sustained generations. The very soil, a rich, dark loam, has been the bedrock of this community, its bounty shared and nurtured through the years. While the specifics of its founding may be a quiet whisper in the annals of local lore, the enduring presence of its people speaks to a deep-rooted connection to this particular patch of North Carolina. The waterways nearby, though not grand rivers, play their part, offering a subtle coolness and a vital thread in the region’s ecological tapestry, contributing to a distinct sense of place that is uniquely Bethel.
Live animated radar for Bethel 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 | Bethel, Columbus County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.124059°N, 78.712795°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27944, 27311, 28679, 27812 |
| Area Code | 828, 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bethel, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bethel, 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 Bethel includes coordinates 34.124059°N, 78.712795°W, situated in Columbus County. ZIP code 27944, 27311, 28679, 27812. 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.
