Temperature
67 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Berkeley County Airport
Berkeley County Airport, South Carolina
Small airport in Berkeley County, South Carolina68°
85°/64°
Fog·
Feels like 68°·Calm 1 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 85° today.
Now. Berkeley County Airport is 68° and fog at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° 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 Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 60°. Rain is possible tomorrow (36%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
100%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
68feels68
now, fog
Today
Oct 16
8564
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6660
36%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6047
13mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6648
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7151
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7152
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7253
UV 6
68°
85°64°
66°60°
60°47°
66°48°
71°51°
71°52°
72°53°
As of 1:00 AM in Berkeley County Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Berkeley County Airport
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (SC), 27 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7 ppb21.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb21.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Berkeley County 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 Berkeley County Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MKS
- ICAO
- KMKS
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 73 ft
- Serves
- Moncks Corner
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MKS
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Moncks Corner (MKS), Berkeley County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 8 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 0.3 miles now.
- Now
- 0.3mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 12 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Moncks Corner: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Berkeley 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/73 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PinopolisPNOS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/66 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/26.3 mi away/13 ft/60 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
McClellanville 7 NE03728
At a climate reference station/39.2 mi away/9 ft/64 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Moncks Corner 2.3 SWSC-BK-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/27 ft/46 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Moncks CornerMKCS1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/81 ft/8 ft above 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 Berkeley County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Moncks Cornertown, 2 mi
- Pinopoliscommunity, 3 mi
- Pimlicocommunity, 8 mi
- Bonneautown, 10 mi
- Bonneau Beachcommunity, 10 mi
- Sangareecommunity, 12 mi
- Goose Creekcity, 12 mi
- Ladsoncommunity, 12 mi
- Lincolnvilletown, 14 mi
- Russellvillecommunity, 15 mi
- Summervilletown, 15 mi
- Ridgevilletown, 16 mi
Airports near Berkeley County Airport
- Summerville AirportDYB, 16 mi
- Charleston International AirportCHS, 20 mi
- Mount Pleasant Regional Airport Faison FieldLRO, 25 mi
- Santee Cooper Regional AirportMNI, 29 mi
- Charleston Executive AirportJZI, 34 mi
- Williamsburg Regional AirportCKI, 38 mi
- Lowcountry Regional AirportRBW, 39 mi
- Georgetown County AirportGGE, 42 mi