Lancaster, SC Weather Forecast
Lancaster County, South Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lancaster, 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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Lancaster, SC at a glance
Lancaster is home to about 9,103 people in Lancaster County, across 7.1 square miles. It ranks 45th by population of 100 places in South Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Waxhaw, 15 miles away.
- County
- Lancaster County
- Population
- 9,103 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.1 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,280
- Forecast point
- 34.7261°N, 80.7790°W
How well can the network see Lancaster?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCAE (Columbia, SC), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,300 ft above Lancaster. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Lancaster can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KLKR (Lancaster Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Lancaster
- Waxhaw, NC15 mi
- Mineral Springs, NC16 mi
- Marvin, NC19 mi
- Wesley Chapel, NC20 mi
- Rock Hill, SC20 mi
- Weddington, NC21 mi
- Fort Mill, SC21 mi
- Pageland, SC23 mi
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