Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field
Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field, South Carolina
Small airport in Chesterfield County, South Carolina67°
88°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 88° today.
Now. Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field is 67° and overcast at 1 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 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 60°. Rain is likely tomorrow (51%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 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
10Air quality
100%Humidity
92%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8864
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6355
51%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6043
10%
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6544
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7148
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7249
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7150
UV 6
67°
88°64°
63°55°
60°43°
65°44°
71°48°
72°49°
71°50°
As of 1:00 AM in Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Union County (NC), 38 miles off.
10Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-15.1 mi
- Ozone10Good46 ppb15.1 mi
The days ahead
Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 71TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field
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 Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CQW
- ICAO
- KCQW
- IATA
- HCW
- Field elevation
- 239 ft
- Serves
- Cheraw
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CQW
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 70° / 250° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cheraw (CQW), Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
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 7 hours; 0.3 miles now.
- Now
- 0.3mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 7
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
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
Cheraw: 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 Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger 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
CherawCQW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/239 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Jefferson 7EJEFS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.4 mi away/443 ft/204 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Pee DeeS2037
At a soil climate station/31.2 mi away/120 ft/119 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Cheraw 0.7 NSC-CF-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/107 ft/132 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CherawCEWS1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/141 ft/98 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 Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cherawtown, 4 mi
- Wallacecommunity, 7 mi
- Chesterfieldtown, 8 mi
- Cashcommunity, 8 mi
- Patricktown, 11 mi
- Rubytown, 13 mi
- Society Hilltown, 15 mi
- Mount Croghantown, 16 mi
- Bennettsvillecity, 17 mi
- Tatumtown, 21 mi
- Dovesvillecommunity, 22 mi
- Blenheimtown, 22 mi
Airports near Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field
- Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field AirportBBP, 14 mi
- Darlington County AirportUDG, 19 mi
- Hartsville Regional AirportHVS, 23 mi
- Florence Regional AirportFLO, 39 mi
- Woodward FieldCDN, 46 mi
- Lancaster County-Mc Whirter FieldLKR, 51 mi
- Marion County AirportMAO, 51 mi
- Sumter AirportSMS, 55 mi