Earl, North Carolina Weather
Earl, 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 Earl, Cleveland County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Earl.
About Earl, North Carolina
Earl unfolds across the undulating Piedmont, where the land gently slopes and rises, a landscape softened by decades of cultivation and the slow march of time. It lies 20.1 miles west-south-west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 256°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south of Shelby. Here, the air carries the faint, sweet scent of pine and the richer, earthier perfume of turning soil, especially potent after a summer rain. The sky often hangs a vast, pale blue, vast enough to make a man feel both lost and found, and the trees – mostly oak and pine – stand sentinel, their leaves rustling with stories the wind whispers through their branches. Even the houses, scattered across this gentle terrain, seem to settle into the land, their porches weathered and welcoming, suggesting lives lived at a steady, deliberate pace. This corner of Cleveland County has long been shaped by the resilience of agriculture, a tradition that still whispers through the fields of corn and cotton that stretch towards the horizon. The economy, once heavily reliant on textile mills that hummed with the industry of generations, now sees a more diversified approach, with local businesses and a growing interest in small-scale farming and craft production. The very soil here, a rich, red clay, has been worked and nurtured, bearing witness to the ebb and flow of fortunes, from the quiet prosperity of the early 20th century to the challenges and adaptations of the present day. Earl carries within it the quiet dignity of places that have seen hardship and endurance, a testament not to grand pronouncements, but to the persistent, everyday efforts of its people.
Live animated radar for Earl 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.
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| Location | Earl, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.193462°N, 81.533147°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28073, 28038 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Earl, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Earl, 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 Earl includes coordinates 35.193462°N, 81.533147°W, situated in Cleveland County. ZIP code 28073, 28038. 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. 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.
