35.1300° N, 84.0600° W
Cherokee County
County weather, rivers and elevation
- County seat
- Murphy
- Elevation range
- 1,300–4,600 ft
- High point
- Big Frog area
- Forecast office
- MRX
County seat Murphy. Roughly 1,300 to 4,600 ft, topping out at Big Frog area — a spread of about 3,300 vertical feet, which is why one forecast number for this county is close to meaningless.
Forecast
Issued by MRX for the county centre
Tonight
67°
Mostly clear, with a low around 67. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
88°
Sunny. High near 88, with temperatures falling to around 85 in the afternoon. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night
65°
Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
89°
A slight chance of rain showers after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 89. North wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night
64°
A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 64. East wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
89°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 89. North wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
This is the forecast for a single point near the middle of the county. Use a town below for something closer to where you actually are.
Elevation bands in this county
Conditions vary far more by elevation here than by distance
- Below 2,500 ft
- 2,500 – 3,500 ft
- 3,500 – 4,500 ft
- Above 4,500 ft
Towns
Lowest to highest
River gauges
No gauge we track sits inside Cherokee County. See all river levels for the nearest ones.
Nearest reporting stations
What the profile for this county is built from
- Murphy1,601 ft · 5 km · modeled
- Andrews1,750 ft · 23 km · modeled
- Macon County Airport2,020 ft · 59 km · observed
- Jackson County Airport2,857 ft · 84 km · observed
- Waterrock Knob6,292 ft · 91 km · modeled