Temperature
67 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Hartsville Regional Airport
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 88° today.
Now. Hartsville Regional Airport 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 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° 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 55): 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°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:54 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Hartsville Regional Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 27 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 22° / 202° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Hartsville (HVS), Hartsville Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,300 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 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
Hartsville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Hartsville Regional 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
HartsvilleHVS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/364 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hartsville - Sonoco ProductsHARS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/187 ft/177 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Pee DeeS2037
At a soil climate station/23.1 mi away/120 ft/244 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hartsville 3.6 NWSC-DR-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/265 ft/99 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HartsvilleHARS1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/197 ft/167 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hartsville - Sonoco Products (HARS1), 4.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.