Fallston, North Carolina Weather
Fallston, 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 Fallston, Cleveland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fallston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fallston is published on the Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (KEHO) page, 21 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 Fallston 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 Fallston: Wilson's Airport (KE40) 28 km · Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport (KIPJ) 31 km · Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 36 km · Rutherford County Marchman Field (KFQD) 39 km · Gastonia Municipal Airport (KAKH) 41 km
Conditions reported at KEHO describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fallston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fallston.
About Fallston, North Carolina
Fallston rests in a landscape of rolling hills, where the earth seems to sigh with a gentle, verdant weariness. It lies 21.1 miles west-north-west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 303°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-north-east of Shelby. The fields, often a patchwork of late-season greens and golds, stretch out towards the horizon, punctuated by stands of mature oak and pine that cast long, languid shadows as the sun begins its descent. The air here, particularly after a summer rain, carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening crops, a subtle perfume that clings to the quiet afternoons. Small, weathered farmhouses, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin, are scattered across the terrain, each with its own story etched into the wood and the surrounding, well-worn land. The roads, many of them still unpaved, wind through this gentle topography, following the contours of the land as if guided by an ancient, unspoken agreement. This corner of Cleveland County, North Carolina, has a history deeply rooted in agriculture, with tobacco and cotton once dominating the fertile bottomlands that give way to the higher ground where Fallston itself resides. The local economy, though diversified, still carries echoes of its agrarian past, with a steady presence of family farms continuing to work the soil. The nearby Jacob Fork River, though not a raging torrent, provides a constant, murmuring presence, its banks lined with trees that have witnessed generations of change. The pace of life in Fallston is unhurried, a deliberate counterpoint to the relentless rush of larger cities, fostering a quiet sense of community where neighbors still know each other’s names and the changing seasons are a shared spectacle.
Live animated radar for Fallston 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 | Fallston, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.42902°N, 81.501479°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28042 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fallston, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fallston, 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 Fallston includes coordinates 35.429020°N, 81.501479°W, situated in Cleveland County. ZIP code 28042. 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. 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.
