Piney Green, 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 Piney Green, Sampson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Piney Green. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Piney Green is published on the Sampson County Airport (KCTZ) 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 Piney Green 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 Piney Green: Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field (KFAY) 38 km · Harnett Regional Jetport Airport (KHRJ) 39 km · Simmons Army Air Field (KFBG) 42 km · Duplin County Airport (KDPL) 46 km · Pope Field (KPOB) 50 km
Conditions reported at KCTZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Piney Green specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Piney Green.
Piney Green unfolds across a landscape of gentle slopes, where the rich, dark earth yields readily to the plow and the sun hangs low and hazy in the humid air. It lies 22.8 miles east of Fayetteville, NC (from Fayetteville, NC: bearing 83°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Roseboro. Longleaf pines, their needles a perpetual whisper on the breeze, stand sentinel over fields of cotton and corn, their white bolls like scattered clouds against the green stalks, a soft, yielding texture to the land. The air itself carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening crops, mingled with the damp, earthy aroma of the nearby wetlands, a subtle perfume that clings to everything. Here, the world moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the slow, deliberate turning of the earth, a quietude that allows the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a bird to hold their own significance. This corner of Sampson County carries the deep roots of agriculture, a heritage that has shaped Piney Green for generations, with tobacco and soybeans once forming the bedrock of its economy. While the landscape still breathes with the legacy of farming, newer industries have begun to weave their way into the fabric of Piney Green, offering different rhythms of work and life. The presence of Camp Lejeune, a significant military installation nearby, also influences the local character, bringing a dynamic influx of people and a palpable sense of national purpose. The roads that wind through Piney Green are often lined with modest homes, each with its own patch of garden, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land that sustains them.
Live animated radar for Piney Green 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 | Piney Green, Sampson County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.093501°N, 78.478062°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28385, 28546 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 910 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Piney Green, 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 Piney Green includes coordinates 35.093501°N, 78.478062°W, situated in Sampson County. ZIP code 28385, 28546. Telephone area code: 704, 980, 910. 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.