Laurel Hill, North Carolina Weather
Laurel Hill, 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 Laurel Hill, Scotland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Laurel Hill. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Laurel Hill is published on the Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB) page, 17 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 Laurel Hill 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 Laurel Hill: Richmond County Airport (KRCZ) 21 km · Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport (KBBP) 27 km · Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field (KCQW) 39 km · Dillon County Airport (KDLC) 43 km · Lumberton Regional Airport (KLBT) 50 km
Conditions reported at KMEB describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Laurel Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Laurel Hill.
About Laurel Hill, North Carolina
Laurel Hill breathes a quiet, sun-drenched air, its landscape a gentle sprawl of piney woods and cultivated fields that meet the horizon in a soft, hazy line. It lies 38.1 miles south-west of Fort Bragg, NC (from Fort Bragg, NC: bearing 234°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west-north-west of Laurinburg. The land here, not dramatically shaped but possessing a subtle grace, is etched with the slow, meandering paths of small creeks that whisper through the undergrowth, their banks often fringed with the namesake laurel, though it’s the longleaf pine that truly dominates, standing sentinel with its feathery needles catching the afternoon light in a warm, golden glow. The roads, some paved and some softened by the red clay dust, wander between farmsteads and clusters of houses, each with its own patch of yard where azaleas might burst into improbable color in the spring, a quiet testament to the enduring charm of this place. The story of Laurel Hill is tied to the rich, loamy soil that has sustained generations of farmers, its economy historically rooted in agriculture, particularly tobacco and cotton, crops that once defined the very rhythm of life here. Echoes of that past linger in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of self-reliance that still characterizes its people, a spirit forged in the crucible of hard work and the close-knit bonds of rural living. While the agricultural landscape remains, the character of Laurel Hill has broadened, its people finding new avenues for livelihood, though the quiet pace of life, punctuated by the distant drone of a tractor or the cheerful greetings exchanged at the local store, remains a defining feature, a gentle hum beneath the surface of everyday existence.
Live animated radar for Laurel Hill 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 | Laurel Hill, Scotland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.809048°N, 79.547828°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28168, 28351 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laurel Hill, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laurel Hill, 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 Laurel Hill includes coordinates 34.809048°N, 79.547828°W, situated in Scotland County. ZIP code 28168, 28351. 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.
