Liberty, North Carolina Weather
Liberty, 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 Liberty, Cherokee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Liberty. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Liberty is published on the Martin Campbell Field (K1A3) page, 13 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 Liberty 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 Liberty: McMinn County Airport (KMMI) 39 km · Western Carolina Regional Airport (KRHP) 40 km · Blairsville Airport (KDZJ) 40 km · Cleveland Regional Jetport (KRZR) 47 km · Monroe County Airport (KMNV) 48 km
Conditions reported at K1A3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Liberty specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Liberty.
About Liberty, North Carolina
Liberty exhales a quiet breath in the rolling hills of Cherokee County, a place where the land itself seems to hold a deep, patient wisdom. It lies 27.8 miles south-east of McMinn, TN (from McMinn, TN: bearing 134°T), and is situated 19.0 miles south-east of Etowah. The terrain here is a study in soft contours, with forested slopes that rise and fall like gentle waves, their leafy crowns catching the sunlight in a shifting mosaic. Creeks, clear and cool, meander through the valleys, their banks often lined with ferns and moss-covered stones, their murmuring a constant, soothing counterpoint to the rustle of leaves overhead. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a refreshing balm that seems to settle the spirit. The history of Liberty is as much a part of its landscape as the ancient trees that stand sentinel on the ridges. Long before it became a named place, this area was home to the Cherokee people, their presence a whisper carried on the wind through the valleys. Later, settlers arrived, drawn by the fertile ground and the promise of a life carved from the wilderness, their efforts leaving faint traces in the old stone walls and the cleared patches of land that still bear the mark of their labor. The local economy, once rooted in agriculture and timber, now finds its footing in a blend of small businesses and a quiet tourism that appreciates the natural beauty and the unhurried pace of life. It’s a place where the past is not entirely gone, but rather integrated into the present, a quiet foundation upon which Liberty continues to build its story.
Live animated radar for Liberty 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 | Liberty, Cherokee County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.123134°N, 84.294087°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28906, 28071, 27298 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 336 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Liberty, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Liberty, 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 Liberty includes coordinates 35.123134°N, 84.294087°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 28906, 28071, 27298. Telephone area code: 704, 980, 336. 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.
