Lawndale, North Carolina Weather
Lawndale, 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 Lawndale, Cleveland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lawndale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lawndale is published on the Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (KEHO) page, 18 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 Lawndale 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 Lawndale: Wilson's Airport (KE40) 32 km · Rutherford County Marchman Field (KFQD) 34 km · Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport (KIPJ) 37 km · Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 40 km · Gastonia Municipal Airport (KAKH) 44 km
Conditions reported at KEHO describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lawndale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lawndale.
About Lawndale, North Carolina
Lawndale unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a place where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 23.6 miles west-north-west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 296°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north of Shelby. Broadleaf trees, their leaves a vibrant green in the warmer months, give way to the darker, more somber hues of evergreens, creating a textured mosaic across the terrain. The land itself seems to breathe, rising and falling in a quiet cadence that mirrors the unhurried pace of life here. Creeks, sometimes little more than silver threads after a dry spell, carve their way through the fertile soil, their banks often lined with a dense undergrowth of ferns and wild rhododendron, particularly vibrant when their waxy blooms burst forth in the spring. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm swathes, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the humid air and lending a golden patina to the weathered barn roofs scattered across the fields. The history of Lawndale is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a heritage that still whispers through the remnants of its past. Once a more bustling hub, its economy was largely shaped by the cultivation of tobacco and cotton, crops that demanded the rich, loamy soil and the diligent labor of generations. Though the agricultural landscape has diversified, with some farms now yielding soybeans and corn, the spirit of the land remains. The whispers of its industrial past can also be heard, a legacy of textile mills that once provided steady employment, their brick structures now standing as stoic reminders of a bygone era. Even as the character of Lawndale evolves, a strong sense of local pride persists, a quiet resilience evident in the well-maintained homes and the welcoming smiles of its residents, who carry forward the traditions and the enduring spirit of this Cleveland County corner.
Live animated radar for Lawndale 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 | Lawndale, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.414019°N, 81.563147°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28090 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lawndale, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lawndale, 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 Lawndale includes coordinates 35.414019°N, 81.563147°W, situated in Cleveland County. ZIP code 28090. 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.
