Temperature
68 F at 1 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Fairfield County Airport
Fairfield County Airport, South Carolina
Small airport in Fairfield County, South Carolina68°
86°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light air 4 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 61° after 86° today.
Now. Fairfield County Airport is 68° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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 76): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:58 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
76Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8663
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6154
24%
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5943
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6443
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7046
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7148
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7049
UV 7
68°
86°63°
61°54°
59°43°
64°43°
70°46°
71°48°
70°49°
As of 2:00 AM in Fairfield County Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Fairfield County Airport
Index 76, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 23 miles off.
76Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)76Moderate17.8 mi
- Ozone41Good27 ppb17.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)26Good17.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb19 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb17.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm17.8 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 70, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 70YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fairfield County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Fairfield County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FDW
- ICAO
- KFDW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 577 ft
- Serves
- Winnsboro
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FDW
- Wind now
- From 180° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,243 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 38° / 218° | 2 mph head, on 22 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Winnsboro (FDW), Fairfield County 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 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the south at 1 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 9 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
Winnsboro: 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 Fairfield 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 now3 instruments
WinnsboroFDW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/577 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-77 @ SC-34SC017
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/564 ft/13 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Flotilla Island At Lake MurrayLMFS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.1 mi away/364 ft/213 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Winnsboro 4.6 SSC-FR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/450 ft/127 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cedar CRKBLYS1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/269 ft/308 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 Fairfield County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Winnsboro Millscommunity, 3 mi
- Winnsborotown, 4 mi
- Ridgewaytown, 8 mi
- Blythewoodtown, 9 mi
- Jenkinsvilletown, 10 mi
- Peaktown, 14 mi
- Lake Murray of Richlandcommunity, 16 mi
- Irmotown, 16 mi
- Chapintown, 18 mi
- Pomariatown, 18 mi
- St. Andrewscommunity, 18 mi
- Seven Oakscommunity, 18 mi
Airports near Fairfield County Airport
- Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens AirportCUB, 25 mi
- Columbia Metropolitan AirportCAE, 26 mi
- Newberry County AirportEOE, 30 mi
- Woodward FieldCDN, 31 mi
- Lancaster County-Mc Whirter FieldLKR, 32 mi
- Mc Entire Joint National Guard BaseMMT, 32 mi
- Chester Catawba Regional AirportDCM, 33 mi
- Union County, Troy Shelton Field35A, 40 mi