Temperature
72 F at 12 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 84F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Hilton Head Airport
Hilton Head Airport, South Carolina
Medium airport in Beaufort County, South Carolina72°
82°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 82° today.
Now. Hilton Head Airport is 72° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 68° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
94%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8270
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7064
29%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6453
20mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6954
17mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7356
13mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7358
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7359
UV 6
72°
82°70°
70°64°
64°53°
69°54°
73°56°
73°58°
73°59°
As of 1:00 AM in Hilton Head Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Hilton Head Airport
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 23 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hilton Head Airport
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 Hilton Head Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HXD
- ICAO
- KHXD
- IATA
- HHH
- Field elevation
- 19 ft
- Serves
- Hilton Head Island
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- HXD
- Wind now
- From 190° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 26° / 206° | 3 mph head, on 21 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hilton Head Island (HXD), Hilton Head Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 12 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 12mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,100 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,100ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
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
Hilton Head Island: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Hilton Head 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/16 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hilton Head Island - Met EastHHES1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/13 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hilton Head Island 4.4 ENESC-BF-101
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/21 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
In a park or preserve/27.1 mi away/0 ft/19 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 Hilton Head Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hilton Head Islandcity, 5 mi
- Port Royaltown, 11 mi
- Shell Pointcommunity, 11 mi
- Daufuskie Islandcommunity, 11 mi
- Blufftontown, 13 mi
- Burtoncommunity, 14 mi
- Fripp Islandcommunity, 14 mi
- Beaufortcity, 14 mi
- Laurel Baycommunity, 17 mi
- Hardeevillecity, 18 mi
- Harbor Islandcommunity, 20 mi
- Seabrookcommunity, 21 mi
Airports near Hilton Head Airport
- Beaufort Executive AirportARW, 13 mi
- Beaufort MCAS - Merritt FieldNBC, 18 mi
- Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport3J1, 25 mi
- Lowcountry Regional AirportRBW, 48 mi
- Charleston Executive AirportJZI, 52 mi
- Charleston International AirportCHS, 60 mi
- Allendale County AirportAQX, 63 mi
- Summerville AirportDYB, 63 mi