Forest City, North Carolina Weather
Forest City, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Forest City, Rutherford County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Forest City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Forest City is published on the Rutherford County Marchman Field (KFQD) page, 12 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Forest City have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Forest City: Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (KEHO) 26 km · Wilson's Airport (KE40) 58 km · Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 59 km
Conditions reported at KFQD describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Forest City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Forest City.
About Forest City, North Carolina
Forest City rests in a landscape of rolling hills, where the verdant slopes of the Blue Ridge foothills begin their gentle ascent. It lies 26.8 miles north of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 8°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east-south-east of Spindale. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of pine and damp soil, a perfume that clings to the broad leaves of oak and maple. Streams, clear and cool, thread their way through the valleys, their murmur a constant, soothing counterpoint to the rustle of leaves. Barns, painted in stoic reds and weathered grays, dot the countryside, their silhouettes sharp against the vast, ever-changing canvas of the sky, a sky that often bursts with the dramatic hues of a coming storm or the soft, diffused glow of a hazy sunrise. The history of Forest City is deeply entwined with the rich veins of the earth and the ingenuity of those who worked them. Once a hub for textiles, the echoes of looms and spinning wheels still seem to whisper on the breeze, a reminder of an industrious past. Today, the local economy draws strength from a diversified base, with manufacturing and service industries playing significant roles, yet the agricultural spirit endures, evident in the well-tended fields that stretch towards the horizon. Nearby, the natural beauty of the region beckons, offering opportunities for exploration and a connection to the enduring wildness that shaped this corner of North Carolina.
Live animated radar for Forest City and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.334011°N, 81.865103°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28043 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Forest City, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest City, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Forest City includes coordinates 35.334011°N, 81.865103°W, situated in Rutherford County. ZIP code 28043. 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. 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.
