Lattimore, North Carolina Weather
Lattimore, 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 Lattimore, Cleveland County.
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About Lattimore, North Carolina
Lattimore rests in a gentle cradle of rolling hills, where the sun, especially in the late afternoon, paints the broad fields of corn and soybeans in hues of burnished gold. It lies 27.0 miles west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 278°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-north-west of Shelby. The air here, particularly after a summer rain, carries the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and pine needles, a fragrance that clings to the very skin. Roads, ribbon-thin and often bordered by dense stands of oak and hickory, wind their way through this landscape, opening occasionally to reveal the sturdy, weathered facades of farmhouses and the occasional church steeple reaching for the wide, often cloud-streaked sky. The land itself, a rich, reddish clay, seems to hold the warmth of the sun long into the evening, and the quiet hum of insects forms a constant, soothing soundtrack to the unfolding day. The history of Lattimore is deeply entwined with the fertile lands it occupies, a place where agriculture has long been the beating heart of its economy. Generations have worked this soil, coaxing sustenance from its depths, and the legacy of those early settlers, their resilience and connection to the earth, is still palpable. While the days of large-scale tobacco farming have largely faded, the spirit of agrarian enterprise persists, with a focus now on diversified crops and the enduring strength of family farms. This quiet persistence, this dedication to the land and its bounty, defines the character of Lattimore, a place where time seems to flow with a more deliberate, unhurried current, marked not by the rush of industry but by the steady turning of seasons and the enduring rhythms of rural life.
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| Location | Lattimore, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.318182°N, 81.660651°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28089 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lattimore, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lattimore, 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 Lattimore includes coordinates 35.318182°N, 81.660651°W, situated in Cleveland County. ZIP code 28089. 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.
