Woodlawn, 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 Woodlawn, McDowell County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Woodlawn. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Woodlawn is published on the Avery County Morrison Field (K7A8) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn: Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 39 km · Rutherford County Marchman Field (KFQD) 41 km · Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 59 km · Asheville Regional Airport (KAVL) 60 km
Conditions reported at K7A8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Woodlawn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Woodlawn.
Woodlawn breathes the quiet, persistent spirit of the Blue Ridge foothills. It lies 31.5 miles east-north-east of Asheville, NC (from Asheville, NC: bearing 66°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-north-west of Marion. Rolling terrain, cloaked in a verdant tapestry of oak, maple, and pine, defines its character, the land rising and falling like the slow, steady breath of a sleeping giant. Small farms, their fields etched into the slopes, punctuate the dense woodlands, and the air, especially in the late afternoon when the sun begins its descent, carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a perfume as old as the mountains themselves. The sky above Woodlawn often boasts a palette of bruised purples and fiery oranges as dusk settles, painting the western horizon with a transient, breathtaking beauty. The history of Woodlawn is deeply entwined with the rhythm of agriculture and the enduring legacy of the Scotch-Irish settlers who first carved a life from this rugged landscape. For generations, family farms, passed down through the years, have been the backbone of the local economy, their resilience a testament to the hardiness of the people who call this place home. While the economic landscape has shifted, echoes of past industries, perhaps a whisper of logging or the faint memory of a small mill, still linger. Woodlawn remains a place where the connection to the land is palpable, a quiet testament to the enduring strength of a community rooted in the earth.
Live animated radar for Woodlawn 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 | Woodlawn, McDowell County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.785401°N, 82.04039°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28752, 27302 |
| Area Code | 828, 336 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woodlawn, 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 Woodlawn includes coordinates 35.785401°N, 82.040390°W, situated in McDowell County. ZIP code 28752, 27302. Telephone area code: 828, 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.