Gaffney, SC Weather Forecast
Cherokee County, South Carolina
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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.
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Gaffney, SC at a glance
Gaffney is home to about 12,484 people in Cherokee County, across 9 square miles. It ranks 37th by population of 100 places in South Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Boiling Springs, 12 miles away.
- County
- Cherokee County
- Population
- 12,484 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,392
- Forecast point
- 35.0736°N, 81.6615°W
How well can the network see Gaffney?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,200 ft above Gaffney. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Gaffney is closer to its radar than 64% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KEHO (Shelby/Cleveland Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Gaffney
- Boiling Springs, NC12 mi
- Shelby, NC16 mi
- Spartanburg, SC17 mi
- Kings Mountain, NC21 mi
- Forest City, NC22 mi
- Inman, SC24 mi
- Union, SC24 mi
- Spindale, NC25 mi
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