Central, SC Weather Forecast
Pickens County, South Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Central, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Central, SC at a glance
Central is home to about 5,322 people in Pickens County, across 3.3 square miles. It ranks 63rd by population of 100 places in South Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Clemson, 3 miles away.
- County
- Pickens County
- Population
- 5,322 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,637
- Forecast point
- 34.7234°N, 82.7747°W
How well can the network see Central?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,100 ft above Central. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Central is closer to its radar than 66% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLQK (Pickens Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Central
- Clemson, SC3 mi
- Pendleton, SC6 mi
- Liberty, SC6 mi
- Seneca, SC11 mi
- Pickens, SC12 mi
- Easley, SC13 mi
- Anderson, SC16 mi
- Walhalla, SC16 mi
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