East Arcadia, North Carolina Weather
East Arcadia, 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 East Arcadia, Bladen County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near East Arcadia. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for East Arcadia is published on the Curtis L Brown Jr Field (KEYF) page, 34 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 East Arcadia 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 East Arcadia: Columbus County Municipal Airport (KCPC) 38 km · Wilmington International Airport (KILM) 40 km · Bladenboro Airport (K3W6) 45 km · Henderson Field (KACZ) 48 km · Odell Williamson Municipal Airport (K60J) 54 km
Conditions reported at KEYF describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at East Arcadia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for East Arcadia.
About East Arcadia, North Carolina
East Arcadia lies in a low-lying expanse where the land yields readily to water, a place of broad skies and the patient spread of pine and oak. It lies 18.1 miles west-north-west of Leland, NC (from Leland, NC: bearing 299°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-west of Long View. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the damp, earthy scent of the coastal plain, a humid breath that clings to the skin. Creeks and drainage ditches thread through the landscape like silver veins, their banks often thick with emergent vegetation, a testament to the region’s pervasive moisture. The terrain is flat, the horizon a distant, unbroken line against which the occasional weathered barn or silo stands as a solitary sentinel. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, can fall in broad, almost tangible sheets, illuminating the subtle greens of summer pastures and the deeper shadows of the bordering woods. The history of East Arcadia is bound to the fertile, if sometimes waterlogged, soil, a landscape shaped by generations of agriculture and the quiet industry that follows. For decades, the economy here has been closely tied to the cultivation of crops like tobacco and corn, the fields stretching out in neat, ordered rows that speak of hard work and a deep connection to the land. Evidence of the past can be found in the older farmhouses, their porches worn smooth by time and weather, and in the small, unassuming churches that anchor the scattered neighborhoods. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this corner of Bladen County, a resilient spirit persists, evidenced by the local businesses that serve the immediate needs of its residents. The slow, steady pulse of life in East Arcadia is dictated by the seasons and the harvest, a rhythm that has endured through changing times.
Live animated radar for East Arcadia 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 | East Arcadia, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.382113°N, 78.323335°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28456 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This East Arcadia, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Arcadia, 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 East Arcadia includes coordinates 34.382113°N, 78.323335°W, situated in Bladen County. ZIP code 28456. Telephone area code: 910. 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.
