Fair Bluff, North Carolina Weather
Fair Bluff, 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 Fair Bluff, Columbus County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fair Bluff. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fair Bluff is published on the Green Sea Airport (KS79) page, 14 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. 4 airfields within reach of Fair Bluff 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 Fair Bluff: Marion County Airport (KMAO) 31 km · Lumberton Regional Airport (KLBT) 33 km · Dillon County Airport (KDLC) 34 km
Conditions reported at KS79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fair Bluff specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fair Bluff.
About Fair Bluff, North Carolina
Fair Bluff rests on land that remembers a wetter, wilder past, a place where the broad, slow-moving Lumber River still dictates the horizon. It lies 33.0 miles north of Conway, SC (from Conway, SC: bearing 1°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-south-east of Lake View. The terrain here is a study in subtle flatness, the land yielding gently to the persistent flow of water, a place where the sky feels vast and the air carries the humid breath of the coastal plain. Pine forests, dense and whispering, press close to the edges of fields that stretch out, sometimes golden with ripening corn, sometimes a deep, verdant green. The light in the late afternoon can become a thick, honeyed syrup, pooling in the hollows and softening the sharp edges of the world. This settlement, Fair Bluff, has long been shaped by the river’s bounty and the land’s fertility, its economy historically tethered to timber and agriculture. The lumber industry, in particular, left its indelible mark, the echoes of sawmills and logging camps a ghost in the rustling pines. While the days of massive timber operations may have receded, the spirit of hard work and connection to the land persists, evident in the quiet dignity of its residents and the enduring presence of family farms. The river itself remains a vital artery, not just for transport in eras past, but as a source of recreation and a constant, murmuring presence that defines the character of Fair Bluff.
Live animated radar for Fair Bluff 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 | Fair Bluff, Columbus County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.3135°N, 79.037254°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28439 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fair Bluff, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fair Bluff, 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 Fair Bluff includes coordinates 34.313500°N, 79.037254°W, situated in Columbus County. ZIP code 28439. 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.
