Cliffside, North Carolina Weather
Cliffside, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Cliffside, Rutherford County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cliffside.
About Cliffside, North Carolina
Cliffside slumbers in a fold of Rutherford County, where the land begins its subtle ascent towards the foothills, its character shaped by a quiet resilience. It lies 21.9 miles north-north-east of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 25°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-east of Forest City. The air here, especially as the afternoon sun softens, carries a faint, earthy fragrance, a blend of pine needles and damp soil that speaks of the surrounding woodlands. Rolling hills, cloaked in a mosaic of deciduous trees and the darker, persistent green of evergreens, form the backdrop to the modest homes and businesses. Small creeks, their waters sometimes mirroring the sky with a startling clarity, thread their way through the terrain, their gentle murmur a constant, unobtrusive soundtrack to the days. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, seems to linger, casting long, attenuated shadows that stretch and soften the edges of the landscape, imbuing the scene with a contemplative stillness. The history of Cliffside is intertwined with the industry that once pulsed through its veins, a legacy of textiles that left an indelible mark. The large, red-brick buildings, now often repurposed or standing as silent sentinels of a bygone era, hint at the robust activity that defined the locality for decades. This industrial past shaped the very rhythm of life in Cliffside, and though the mills have largely fallen quiet, the echoes of that era can still be felt in the close-knit nature of the community. Today, the economy leans more towards agriculture and small businesses, the land still providing sustenance, and the people of Cliffside carry forward a quiet pride in their heritage, a stoic beauty found in the persistence of life and memory.
Live animated radar for Cliffside and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Cliffside, Rutherford County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.238178°N, 81.769823°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28024, 28114 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cliffside, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cliffside, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cliffside includes coordinates 35.238178°N, 81.769823°W, situated in Rutherford County. ZIP code 28024, 28114. Telephone area code: 704, 980. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
