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Rutherford County

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

  • Today

    86°

    A chance of rain showers before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    69°

    Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and midnight, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Sunday

    83°

    Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Sunday Night

    68°

    Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 0 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Monday

    85°

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 0 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  • Monday Night

    67°

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 9pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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.

1.44ft

282 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