Forest Hills, North Carolina Weather
Forest Hills, 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 Forest Hills, Cumberland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Forest Hills. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Forest Hills is published on the Simmons Army Air Field (KFBG) page, 5 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 Forest Hills 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 Forest Hills: Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field (KFAY) 11 km · Pope Field (KPOB) 12 km · Harnett Regional Jetport Airport (KHRJ) 37 km · Moore County Airport (KSOP) 46 km · Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB) 52 km
Conditions reported at KFBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Forest Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Forest Hills.
About Forest Hills, North Carolina
Forest Hills unfurls across a landscape of gentle, sandy rises and low-lying pine woodlands, a terrain softened by decades of humid Southern air. It lies 3.5 miles north-west of Fayetteville, NC (from Fayetteville, NC: bearing 312°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-east of Fort Bragg. The air itself, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, mingling with the damp earth after a summer shower. Here, the sky often stretches wide and pale, a canvas for clouds that drift lazily, their shadows painting fleeting patterns on the forest floor. The trees, predominantly longleaf pines and scattered oaks, stand in quiet, stoic ranks, their branches reaching towards the light with an ancient, patient grace. This is a place where the world seems to breathe at its own measured pace, where the rustle of leaves can be the loudest sound for miles. The story of Forest Hills is one of quiet growth and enduring connection to the land that surrounds it. Originally shaped by agricultural endeavors, the area's economy has since diversified, with the pulse of the community now tied to a blend of small businesses and the steady hum of industries that have found a home in Cumberland County. While no grand monuments mark its history, the very character of Forest Hills speaks of its past, of families who cleared the land and built lives from its soil. It’s a place where the vestiges of older ways, like the enduring presence of its mature pine forests, remain a tangible link to its origins, a reminder of the quiet resilience that defines this corner of North Carolina.
Live animated radar for Forest Hills 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 | Forest Hills, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.086552°N, 78.924193°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28697, 27253, 27896, 28723 |
| Area Code | 919, 984, 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Forest Hills, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest Hills, 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 Forest Hills includes coordinates 35.086552°N, 78.924193°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 28697, 27253, 27896, 28723. Telephone area code: 919, 984, 828. 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.
