Temperature
66 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Allendale County Airport
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 86° today.
Now. Allendale County Airport is 67° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 82): 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 6:51 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Allendale County Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 82, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 48 miles off.
Yesterday measured 76, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 4,990 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 162° / 342° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Allendale (AQX), Allendale County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 2 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Allendale: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Allendale County 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
AllendaleAQX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/160 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Allendale USGSALLS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/174 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Youmans FarmS2038
At a soil climate station/23.1 mi away/75 ft/86 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Blackville 3 W63826
At a climate reference station/24.7 mi away/317 ft/156 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Allendale 1.7 SESC-AL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/169 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Barnwell 5 ENEBNLS1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.1 mi away/266 ft/105 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Barnwell 5 ENE (BNLS1), 18.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.