Pacolet, 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 Pacolet, Spartanburg County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pacolet. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pacolet is published on the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (KSPA) page, 18 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 Pacolet 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 Pacolet: Union County, Troy Shelton Field (K35A) 26 km · Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (KGSP) 42 km · Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (KEHO) 42 km · Laurens County Airport (KLUX) 47 km · Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM) 53 km
Conditions reported at KSPA describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pacolet specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pacolet.
Pacolet rests in a gentle cradle of the Piedmont, where rolling hills, softened by centuries of sun and rain, give way to the insistent whisper of the Pacolet River. It lies 10.3 miles east-south-east of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 110°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east of Arkwright. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy perfume of pine and damp soil, a scent that clings to the weathered clapboard of houses and the broad leaves of dogwood trees. Beyond the tidy yards, fields of soybeans and corn stretch out like rumpled green blankets, their edges sometimes blurred by the hazy, humid breath of the South. The landscape itself feels unhurried, a patient observer of the seasons, its contours shaped not by dramatic pronouncements but by the slow, steady work of water and wind. The history of Pacolet is deeply entwined with the power of that very river, which once turned the massive water wheels of textile mills that were the lifeblood of the region. For generations, the rhythmic clatter of looms echoed through the valley, a soundtrack to the lives of families who found their fortunes and their futures in the cotton spun into thread and fabric. Though the grand mills have largely fallen silent, their brick skeletons standing as stoic monuments to a bygone era, the spirit of industry, of making and doing, still hums beneath the surface. Small businesses, farms, and a resilient local spirit continue to define Pacolet, a place where the past is not a forgotten relic but a quiet undercurrent that shapes the present.
Live animated radar for Pacolet 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 | Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.899018°N, 81.761768°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29372 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pacolet, 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 Pacolet includes coordinates 34.899018°N, 81.761768°W, situated in Spartanburg County. ZIP code 29372. Telephone area code: 864. 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.