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Marion County Airport, South Carolina

Small airport in Marion County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Marion County Airport

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 22 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone43Good16 ppb24.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marion County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Marion County Airport, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MAO
ICAO
KMAO
IATA
-
Field elevation
92 ft
Serves
Mullins
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MAO
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 224,505 ft100 ftAsphalt34° / 214°CalmCalm
04221,000 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 Marion (MAO), Marion County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

72 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 62 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
72F
11 PM
Highest
88F
2 PM
Lowest
62F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Marion, temperature from 62.0 to 87.8, the latest 71.6; dew point from 48.2 to 68.6, the latest 68.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 68 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 27% at 5 PM to 92% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
68F
11 PM
Humidity now
88%
Humidity, range
27 to 92%
Relative humidity at Marion, relative humidity from 27 to 92, the latest 88, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 0 mph, 12 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
0mph
12 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Marion, wind from 0 to 0, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph-1-0.500.51Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.08 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Marion, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.14, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.0730.1030.1330.15Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 9 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
7mi
9 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Marion, visibility from 7.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Marion: 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 Marion 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

MarionMAO

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/92 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Marion RAWSMRWS1

A remote fire weather station/0.3 mi away/84 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Pee DeeS2037

At a soil climate station/24.2 mi away/120 ft/28 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Marion 1.1 NESC-MN-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/74 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

MarionMRNS1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/125 ft/33 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Carolina

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Marion County Airport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Marion County Airport