Temperature
63 F at 3 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport
Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport, South Carolina
Small airport in Marlboro County, South Carolina64°
87°/63°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 64°·Light air 1 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 87° today.
Now. Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport is 64° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° 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 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
98%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
64feels64
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8763
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6254
54%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5942
12%
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6443
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7046
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7048
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7048
mostly clear day
64°
87°63°
62°54°
59°42°
64°43°
70°46°
70°48°
70°48°
As of 4:00 AM in Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 30 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
- Ozone38Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 74YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BBP
- ICAO
- KBBP
- IATA
- BTN
- Field elevation
- 147 ft
- Serves
- Bennettsville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BBP
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:10
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 5,003 ft | 74 ft | Asphalt | 57° / 237° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bennettsville (BBP), Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 47 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- 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
Bennettsville: 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 Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/147 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pee Dee ScanPDDS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.2 mi away/120 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Pee DeeS2037
At a soil climate station/22.2 mi away/120 ft/27 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bennettsville 1.2 SESC-MB-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/180 ft/33 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CherawCEWS1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/141 ft/6 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 Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bennettsvillecity, 3 mi
- Tatumtown, 8 mi
- Cashcommunity, 8 mi
- Wallacecommunity, 9 mi
- Blenheimtown, 9 mi
- Society Hilltown, 10 mi
- Cherawtown, 11 mi
- Cliotown, 11 mi
- McColltown, 11 mi
- Patricktown, 18 mi
- Dovesvillecommunity, 18 mi
- Chesterfieldtown, 22 mi
Airports near Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport
- Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger FieldCQW, 14 mi
- Darlington County AirportUDG, 15 mi
- Hartsville Regional AirportHVS, 27 mi
- Florence Regional AirportFLO, 30 mi
- Marion County AirportMAO, 38 mi
- Woodward FieldCDN, 53 mi
- Sumter AirportSMS, 56 mi
- Shaw Air Force BaseSSC, 61 mi