Temperature
84 F at 12 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 84F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Woodward Field
Woodward Field, South Carolina
Small airport in Kershaw County, South Carolina82°
86°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 84°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 1 PM (66%).
Now. Woodward Field is 82° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 68): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (66%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV High
68Air quality
58%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
82feels84
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
8663
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6154
66%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5843
20%
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6345
13mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6948
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7051
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6951
10%
82°
86°63°
61°54°
58°43°
63°45°
69°48°
70°51°
69°51°
As of 12:00 PM in Woodward Field, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Woodward Field
Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 25 miles off.
68Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate-
- Ozone37Good48 ppb20.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb20.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 87, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 87YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Woodward Field
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 Woodward Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CDN
- ICAO
- KCDN
- IATA
- CDN
- Field elevation
- 302 ft
- Serves
- Camden
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CDN
- Wind now
- From 230° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 52° / 232° | 9 mph head, on 24 | None |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 2,998 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 1 mph head, on 32 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Camden (CDN), Woodward Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 58% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 58%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the southwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 12 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- 12mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,300ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Camden: 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 Woodward Field, 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
CamdenCDN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/302 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wateree River AT Lake WatereeWATS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/184 ft/118 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-77 @ SC-34SC017
Beside a road/25.0 mi away/564 ft/262 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Camden 1.2 ENESC-KR-54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/235 ft/67 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lugoff 2NELUGS1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/231 ft/71 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 Lugoff 2NE (LUGS1), 7.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Woodward Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Camdencommunity, 2 mi
- Camdencity, 3 mi
- Lugoffcommunity, 9 mi
- Boykincommunity, 11 mi
- Rembertcommunity, 13 mi
- Elgintown, 15 mi
- Browntowncommunity, 15 mi
- Bethunetown, 15 mi
- Abney Crossroadscommunity, 16 mi
- Manvillecommunity, 18 mi
- Kershawtown, 18 mi
- Bishopvillecity, 19 mi
Airports near Woodward Field
- Shaw Air Force BaseSSC, 22 mi
- Sumter AirportSMS, 23 mi
- Hartsville Regional AirportHVS, 27 mi
- Mc Entire Joint National Guard BaseMMT, 28 mi
- Fairfield County AirportFDW, 31 mi
- Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens AirportCUB, 33 mi
- Lancaster County-Mc Whirter FieldLKR, 35 mi
- Columbia Metropolitan AirportCAE, 40 mi