Skip to content
WNCWEATHER.COM

35.4000° N, 81.9200° W

Rutherford County

County weather, rivers and elevation

County seat
Rutherfordton
Elevation range
780–3,200 ft
High point
Chimney Rock area
Forecast office
GSP
PolkMcDowellBurkeHendersonBuncombeRutherford County25 miN
Rutherford CountyCounty seatRiver gaugeWeather station

County seat Rutherfordton. Roughly 780 to 3,200 ft, topping out at Chimney Rock area — a spread of about 2,420 vertical feet.

Forecast

Issued by GSP for the county centre

  • Overnight

    52°

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. North wind around 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    67°

    Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    50°

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind around 3 mph.

  • Sunday

    65°

    Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Sunday Night

    48°

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. North northeast wind around 2 mph.

  • Monday

    66°

    Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.

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
See the live elevation profile

Towns

Lowest to highest

River gauges in this county

All gauges

Broad River near Boiling Springs, NC

No flood thresholds published

Broad River near Boiling Springs, NC: No flood thresholds published.

1.65ft

440 cfs

No official flood thresholds are published for this gauge, so we cannot say how close it is to flooding.

Nearest reporting stations

What the profile for this county is built from

  • Rutherford County Airport1,077 ft · 3 km · observed
  • Hendersonville2,146 ft · 50 km · modeled
  • Mount Mitchell6,684 ft · 51 km · modeled
  • Foothills Regional Airport1,270 ft · 54 km · observed
  • Asheville Regional Airport2,165 ft · 56 km · observed