Kingstown, North Carolina Weather
Kingstown, 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 Kingstown, Cleveland County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kingstown.
About Kingstown, North Carolina
Kingstown lies in a landscape of gentle slopes, where the rolling Piedmont terrain begins its slow ascent. It lies 24.7 miles west-north-west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 285°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-west of Shelby. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of freshly turned earth and the distant scent of pine needles, hinting at the woodlands that fringe the cleared fields. The houses, often painted in shades of white or pale blue, seem to hold the light long after the sun has dipped below the horizon, their porches offering quiet invitations to observe the slow procession of the evening. The land itself feels worn smooth by generations of cultivation, the soil a rich, deep red that speaks of its underlying geology. This corner of Cleveland County, though small, carries the echoes of a farming heritage that shaped its very character. For many years, cotton and tobacco were the lifeblood of Kingstown, their cultivation dictating the rhythm of the seasons and the fortunes of its people. While agriculture remains, its dominance has yielded to a more diversified local economy, with small businesses and workshops now contributing to the town's quiet hum. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling university campuses, but the history is etched in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of those who have called Kingstown home, a quiet resilience woven into the fabric of everyday life.
Live animated radar for Kingstown 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 | Kingstown, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.351239°N, 81.612316°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28150 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kingstown, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingstown, 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 Kingstown includes coordinates 35.351239°N, 81.612316°W, situated in Cleveland County. ZIP code 28150. 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.
