Temperature
84 F at 12 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 84F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Aiken Regional Airport
Aiken Regional Airport, South Carolina
Small airport in Aiken County, South Carolina83°
86°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 84°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 21 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 86° today.
Now. Aiken Regional Airport is 83° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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. Air quality is moderate (index 74): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV High
74Air quality
53%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
83feels84
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
8663
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6554
22%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6144
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6644
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7346
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7450
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7350
UV 6
83°
86°63°
65°54°
61°44°
66°44°
73°46°
74°50°
73°50°
As of 12:00 PM in Aiken Regional Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Aiken Regional Airport
Index 74, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 25 miles off.
74Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)74Moderate11.3 mi
- Ozone35Good46 ppb11.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.2 ppb11.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 80YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Aiken Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Aiken Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AIK
- ICAO
- KAIK
- IATA
- AIK
- Field elevation
- 528 ft
- Serves
- Aiken
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AIK
- Wind now
- From 240° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 3,800 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 0° / 180° | 5 mph head, on 19 | 9 mph from the right |
| 07 / 25 unlit | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 60° / 240° | 10 mph head, on 25 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Aiken (AIK), Aiken Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 53% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 4 PM Thursday to 93% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 53%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the west southwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 8 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Aiken: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Aiken Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
AikenAIK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/528 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Graniteville 4ENEGNTS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.4 mi away/489 ft/39 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-25 @ I-20SC014
Beside a road/15.7 mi away/499 ft/29 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Blackville 3 W63826
At a climate reference station/29.5 mi away/317 ft/211 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Aiken 9.5 NNESC-AK-99
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/546 ft/18 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Graniteville 3.9ENEGNTS1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/486 ft/42 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Graniteville 4ENE (GNTS1), 6.4 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 06:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AikencityAndersoncityBeaufortcityCaesars HeadfeatureCharlestoncityClemsoncityColumbiacityCongaree National ParkfeatureEdisto IslandtownFlorencecityGreenvillecityGreenwoodcityHilton Head IslandcityLake MurrayfeatureMyrtle BeachcityOrangeburgcityRock HillcitySassafras MountainfeatureSpartanburgcitySumtercityTable Rockfeature
Near Aiken Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Aikencity, 6 mi
- Granitevillecommunity, 9 mi
- Warrenvillecommunity, 10 mi
- Trentontown, 11 mi
- Glovervillecommunity, 12 mi
- Langleycommunity, 13 mi
- Burnettowntown, 14 mi
- Ridge Springtown, 14 mi
- Johnstontown, 14 mi
- Monettatown, 15 mi
- Wardtown, 15 mi
- Windsortown, 15 mi
Airports near Aiken Regional Airport
- Barnwell Regional AirportBNL, 32 mi
- North Air Force Auxillary AirfieldXNO, 35 mi
- Columbia Metropolitan AirportCAE, 38 mi
- Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens AirportCUB, 45 mi
- Newberry County AirportEOE, 46 mi
- Orangeburg Municipal AirportOGB, 49 mi
- Greenwood County AirportGRD, 50 mi
- Allendale County AirportAQX, 51 mi