Temperature
68 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport
Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport, South Carolina
Small airport in Jasper County, South Carolina68°
86°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Calm 1 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 86° today.
Now. Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport is 68° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:04 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
100%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8665
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6863
29%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6248
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6850
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7352
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7453
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7454
UV 6
68°
86°65°
68°63°
62°48°
68°50°
73°52°
74°53°
74°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 29 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 3J1
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 79 ft
- Serves
- Ridgeland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 3J1
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 / 18 | 4,200 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 30° / 210° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ridgeland (3J1), Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 2 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ridgeland: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Ridgeland3J1
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/79 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Youmans Farm ScanYMFS1
On a farm or research station/17.1 mi away/75 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Youmans FarmS2038
At a soil climate station/17.1 mi away/75 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Ridgeland 2.0 ESESC-JS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/49 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
YemasseeYEMS1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/27 ft/52 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ridgelandtown, 1 mi
- Coosawhatchiecommunity, 7 mi
- Gillisonvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Laurel Baycommunity, 12 mi
- Hardeevillecity, 12 mi
- Sheldoncommunity, 13 mi
- Seabrookcommunity, 15 mi
- Burtoncommunity, 15 mi
- Lobecocommunity, 15 mi
- Yemasseetown, 16 mi
- Shell Pointcommunity, 16 mi
- Furmantown, 17 mi
Airports near Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport
- Beaufort MCAS - Merritt FieldNBC, 16 mi
- Beaufort Executive AirportARW, 22 mi
- Hilton Head AirportHXD, 25 mi
- Lowcountry Regional AirportRBW, 36 mi
- Allendale County AirportAQX, 38 mi
- Summerville AirportDYB, 57 mi
- Barnwell Regional AirportBNL, 58 mi
- Charleston Executive AirportJZI, 59 mi