Temperature
66 F at 11 PM Friday; 85 F at its warmest, 2 PM Friday, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM Friday.
- Now
- 66F
- 11 PM Friday
- Highest
- 85F
- 2 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 7 AM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Greenville Downtown Airport
Now. Greenville Downtown Airport is 65° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:59 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Greenville Downtown Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 12 miles off.
Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,393 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 1° / 181° | 13 mph head, on 01 | 2 mph from the left |
| 10 / 28 | 4,000 ft | 80 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | 3 mph head, on 28 | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Greenville - Downtown (GMU), Greenville Downtown Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 11 PM Friday; 85 F at its warmest, 2 PM Friday, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM Friday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 52 F, the air 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 1 PM Friday to 100% at 8 AM Friday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 1 PM Friday, with a gust of 29 mph at 1 PM Friday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.95 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.1 miles at 8 AM Friday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 7 AM Friday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Greenville - Downtown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Greenville Downtown Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/997 ft/51 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Church Street BridgeSC009
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/935 ft/113 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Durbin Creek RAWSDRBS1
A remote fire weather station/16.8 mi away/735 ft/313 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Greenville 0.7 ESESC-GV-128
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,000 ft/48 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Travelers Rest Co-OpTVRS1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/1,089 ft/41 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.