35.2800° N, 82.1700° W
Polk County
County weather, rivers and elevation
- County seat
- Columbus
- Elevation range
- 800–3,200 ft
- High point
- Tryon Peak
- Forecast office
- GSP
County seat Columbus. Roughly 800 to 3,200 ft, topping out at Tryon Peak — a spread of about 2,400 vertical feet.
Forecast
Issued by GSP for the county centre
This Afternoon
82°
Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind around 3 mph.
Tonight
65°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. North wind around 2 mph.
Wednesday
88°
Sunny, with a high near 88. East northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Wednesday Night
65°
Mostly clear, with a low around 65. North northeast wind 0 to 3 mph.
Thursday
91°
Sunny, with a high near 91. South southeast wind 0 to 3 mph.
Thursday Night
68°
Mostly clear, with a low around 68.
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
Towns
Lowest to highest
River gauges
No gauge we track sits inside Polk County. See all river levels for the nearest ones.
Traffic cameras
Live stills from NCDOT
Traffic cameras
I-26 at the top of Saluda Grade
I-26 · NCDOT · location unverified
Nearest reporting stations
What the profile for this county is built from
- Rutherford County Airport1,077 ft · 27 km · observed
- Hendersonville2,146 ft · 27 km · modeled
- Asheville Regional Airport2,165 ft · 38 km · observed
- Greenville–Spartanburg Airport964 ft · 43 km · observed
- Mount Mitchell6,684 ft · 55 km · modeled