Cheraw, South Carolina Weather
Cheraw, South 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 Cheraw, Chesterfield County.
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About Cheraw, South Carolina
Cheraw rests in a gentle bend of the Great Pee Dee River, its landscape a soft tapestry of pine forests and fertile bottomlands that hint at the humid, sun-drenched embrace of the South Carolina low country. It lies 35.4 miles north of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 349°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north of Cash. The air here carries a particular sweetness, especially in the late afternoon when the cicadas begin their insistent, droning symphony, a sound that seems to rise from the very earth itself. Live oaks, draped in Spanish moss, stand sentinel along sleepy streets, their branches spreading wide like the welcoming arms of old friends. The terrain, for the most part, is flat, yielding easily to the slow, determined flow of the river and the occasional, broad expanse of a cultivated field. The history of Cheraw is deeply entwined with its riverine setting, serving for centuries as a vital trading post and a gateway to the interior. Early settlers, drawn by the rich soil and the promise of commerce, established a community that would weather the storms of revolution and Reconstruction, its fortunes often mirroring the rise and fall of river traffic. Today, Cheraw’s economy still feels the echoes of its agricultural past, with cotton fields and tobacco farms dotting the surrounding countryside, though a growing industrial sector also contributes to its livelihood. The town itself boasts a charming historic district, where antebellum homes with their wide porches and intricate gingerbread trim whisper tales of a bygone era, a quiet testament to the generations who have called Cheraw home.
Live animated radar for Cheraw and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.697656°N, 79.883397°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29520 |
| Area Code | 843, 854 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cheraw, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cheraw, South 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 Cheraw includes coordinates 34.697656°N, 79.883397°W, situated in Chesterfield County. ZIP code 29520. Telephone area code: 843, 854. 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.
