Clinton, North Carolina Weather
Clinton, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Clinton, Sampson County.
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About Clinton, North Carolina
Clinton unfolds under a vast, often humid sky, its landscape a gentle sweep of low-lying terrain where the rich, dark earth of Sampson County breathes a scent of damp loam and growing things. It lies 31.6 miles east of Fayetteville, NC (from Fayetteville, NC: bearing 97°T), and is situated 4.1 miles east of Bonnetsville. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, can lay a warm, honeyed glaze over the scattered farmsteads and the tidy rows of crops that edge the town, a quiet testament to the agricultural heart that beats here. The air itself often carries a faint, sweet perfume of pine and distant blossoms, a subtle fragrance that clings even as the day yields to the deeper indigo of evening. Creek beds, sometimes a muddy ribbon, sometimes a clear, shallow flow, carve their slow, meandering paths through the surrounding woodlands, their banks softened by a tangle of native shrubs and the patient, reaching limbs of oak and sweetgum. This is a place where the echoes of a rich agricultural past are still audible in the present economy, with cotton, tobacco, and soybeans having long shaped the fortunes and the very character of Clinton. The foundation of its prosperity was laid by generations who coaxed sustenance from this fertile soil, a legacy that continues to influence the town's unhurried pace and its close-knit social fabric. While modern industry has found a foothold, bringing its own hum and rhythm, the deep roots of farming remain evident in the seasonal cycles of activity and the enduring pride in the land. The historic courthouse square, a focal point of civic life, stands as a quiet sentinel to the town's enduring history, a place where stories of hard work and community resilience are whispered in the rustling leaves of the mature trees that shade its perimeter.
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| Location | Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.997945°N, 78.323332°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27028, 28328 |
| Area Code | 336, 704, 980 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clinton, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clinton, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Clinton includes coordinates 34.997945°N, 78.323332°W, situated in Sampson County. ZIP code 27028, 28328. Telephone area code: 336, 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
