Stony Point, North Carolina Weather
Stony Point, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Stony Point, Cleveland County.
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About Stony Point, North Carolina
Stony Point rises from the rolling Piedmont, a landscape of gentle slopes giving way to broader expanses of cultivated fields and mature woodlands. It lies 14.2 miles west-north-west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 282°T), and is situated 5.9 miles east of Shelby. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of red clay, a constant reminder of the soil's generosity, especially after a rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the persistent humidity of summer afternoons, tends to diffuse, casting a soft, almost hazy glow that softens the edges of the distant tree lines. Along the less-traveled roads, the occasional weathered barn, its paint long since surrendered to the elements, stands as a silent sentinel, its silhouette a familiar punctuation mark against the wide, often cloud-streaked sky. The history of Stony Point is deeply entwined with the agricultural rhythms of Cleveland County, its early prosperity built upon the diligent cultivation of cotton and tobacco. While those days of vast monoculture have largely receded, the legacy persists in the fertile ground and the enduring connection to the land that still defines much of its character. Small farms continue to dot the countryside, their owners tending to a more diversified array of crops and livestock, their efforts contributing to a quiet, steady local economy. The very name, Stony Point, hints at the geological underpinnings of the region, the occasional outcroppings of rock a stubborn, ancient presence beneath the fertile topsoil, a subtle grounding for the lives lived here.
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| Location | Stony Point, Cleveland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.305132°N, 81.432587°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28150, 28678 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 828 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stony Point, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stony Point, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Stony Point includes coordinates 35.305132°N, 81.432587°W, situated in Cleveland County. ZIP code 28150, 28678. Telephone area code: 704, 980, 828. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
