Polkville, North Carolina Weather
Polkville, 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 Polkville, Cleveland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Polkville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Polkville 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 Polkville 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 Polkville: Rutherford County Marchman Field (KFQD) 26 km · Wilson's Airport (KE40) 37 km · Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 43 km · Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional Airport (KIPJ) 44 km · Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 45 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 Polkville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Polkville.
About Polkville, North Carolina
Polkville unfurls across a landscape of rolling hills and fertile bottoms, a place where the Appalachian foothills begin their gentle descent into the Piedmont. It lies 27.6 miles south-west of Hickory, NC (from Hickory, NC: bearing 218°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-east of Ellenboro. The air here, especially in the hushed hours of late afternoon, carries the damp, earthy scent of ripening corn and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle clinging to weathered fence posts. Oak and pine trees stand sentinel along the winding roads, their branches reaching towards a sky that can shift from a brilliant, washed-out blue to the bruised purples and golds of an approaching storm with startling speed. The terrain itself seems to hold a quiet resolve, the land yielding enough for cultivation but always hinting at the more rugged country that lies not too far to the west. The roots of Polkville run deep, intertwined with the agrarian spirit that has long defined this corner of Cleveland County. For generations, the land has been worked, yielding crops that formed the backbone of the local economy, a tradition that still echoes in the occasional small farmstead still visible amidst the more modern developments. While larger industries have ebbed and flowed through the region, the resilience of Polkville has always been tied to the earth and the enduring character of its people, a quiet industriousness that doesn't shout but simply *is*, like the steady, purposeful flow of Jacob's Creek carving its path through the surrounding countryside.
Live animated radar for Polkville 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 | Polkville, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.417628°N, 81.642872°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28136 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Polkville, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Polkville, 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 Polkville includes coordinates 35.417628°N, 81.642872°W, situated in Cleveland County. ZIP code 28136. 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.
