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
80°
Sunny, with a high near 80. East northeast wind around 2 mph.
Tonight
54°
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. North wind 0 to 6 mph.
Saturday
66°
Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Saturday Night
52°
Cloudy, with a low around 52. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday
64°
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night
50°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
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