Great Falls, South Carolina Weather
Great Falls, South 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 Great Falls, Chester County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Great Falls. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Great Falls is published on the Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (KLKR) page, 17 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. 6 airfields within reach of Great Falls 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 Great Falls: Fairfield County Airport (KFDW) 34 km · Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM) 36 km · Woodward Field (KCDN) 45 km · Rock Hill - York County Airport (KUZA) 48 km · Pageland Airport (KPYG) 54 km
Conditions reported at KLKR describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Great Falls specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Great Falls.
About Great Falls, South Carolina
Great Falls, South Carolina, unfolds across a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and earth. It lies 25.2 miles south-south-east of Rock Hill, SC (from Rock Hill, SC: bearing 164°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-south-west of Irwin. Rolling hills, softened by decades of sun and rain, give way to the broad, dark ribbon of the Catawba River. Here, the air often carries the scent of pine needles and damp soil, a fragrance deepened by the humid breath of summer afternoons. The terrain, gently undulating, offers a quiet resistance to the traveler, each rise revealing another vista of dense woodland or open fields where crops stand sentinel. The quality of light, particularly in the late afternoon, casts long, golden shadows that lengthen and blur, lending a painterly depth to the familiar shapes of trees and fences. The story of Great Falls is intrinsically tied to the power of its namesake waterway and the industries that harnessed it. Once a bustling hub of textile manufacturing, the remnants of its industrial past linger in the architecture of former mills and the ghost of a once-thriving workforce. The Catawba River, the very reason for Great Falls' existence, continues to be a vital artery, now supporting hydroelectric power generation, its waters a cool, steady presence against the warmer currents of history. Local life, while perhaps less frenetic than in generations past, still moves with a deliberate cadence, a reflection of the river's flow and the enduring spirit of its people who have long understood the land's generous, and sometimes formidable, character.
Live animated radar for Great Falls 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 | Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.575145°N, 80.902024°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29055 |
| Area Code | 803, 839 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Great Falls, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Falls, South 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 Great Falls includes coordinates 34.575145°N, 80.902024°W, situated in Chester County. ZIP code 29055. Telephone area code: 803, 839. 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.
