Chester, SC Weather Forecast
Chester County, South Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Chester, 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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Chester, SC at a glance
Chester is home to about 5,227 people in Chester County, across 3.3 square miles. It ranks 65th by population of 100 places in South Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rock Hill, 20 miles away.
- County
- Chester County
- Population
- 5,227 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,581
- Forecast point
- 34.7050°N, 81.2132°W
How well can the network see Chester?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCAE (Columbia, SC), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 3,800 ft above Chester. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KDCM (Chester Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Chester
- Rock Hill, SC20 mi
- York, SC20 mi
- Union, SC23 mi
- Winnsboro, SC24 mi
- Lancaster, SC25 mi
- Tega Cay, SC26 mi
- Fort Mill, SC26 mi
- Clover, SC28 mi
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