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Summerville Airport, South Carolina

Small airport in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Summerville Airport

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (SC), 26 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone10Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb21.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb21.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Summerville 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 Summerville Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
DYB
ICAO
KDYB
IATA
-
Field elevation
56 ft
Serves
Summerville
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
DYB
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 245,000 ft75 ftAsphalt49° / 229°CalmCalm
06241,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Summersville (DYB), Summerville Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.

Now
66F
2 AM
Highest
88F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
64F
7 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Summersville, temperature from 64.4 to 87.8, the latest 66.2; dew point from 64.4 to 71.6, the latest 66.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF607080906 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
66F
2 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
46 to 100%
Relative humidity at Summersville, relative humidity from 46 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
3mph
10 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Summersville, wind from 0 to 3, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph01236 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.06 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.06inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Summersville, pressure, altimeter from 30.04 to 30.13, the latest 30.06, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0230.0530.0730.1030.1330.156 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 6 miles now.

Now
6mi
Lowest
0.5mi
5 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Summersville, visibility from 0.5 to 10.0, the latest 6.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
4 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
12
Lowest cloud base at Summersville, lowest cloud base from 200 to 4,100, the latest 3,700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Summersville: 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 Summerville 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

SummersvilleDYB

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/56 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

PinopolisPNOS1

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.1 mi away/66 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Elevated Roadway I-26SC020

Beside a road/25.8 mi away/13 ft/43 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Summerville 5.1 NWSC-DC-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/62 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Summerville 4WSMVS1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/69 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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