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Myrtle Beach International Airport, South Carolina

Large airport in Horry County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Myrtle Beach International Airport

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 9 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate9.1 mi
  • Ozone31Good34 ppb9.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Myrtle Beach International 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 Myrtle Beach International Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MYR
ICAO
KMYR
IATA
MYR
Field elevation
25 ft
Serves
Myrtle Beach
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
MYR
Wind now
From 220° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
18 / 369,503 ft150 ftAsphalt168° / 348°2 mph head, on 182 mph from the right
18362,500 ftN220° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Myrtle Beach(CIV) (MYR), Myrtle Beach International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

73 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.

Now
73F
12 AM
Highest
86F
12 PM Thursday
Lowest
69F
4 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Myrtle Beach(CIV), temperature from 69.0 to 86.0, the latest 73.0; dew point from 66.0 to 74.0, the latest 68.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF6570758085903 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW 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 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
68F
12 AM
Humidity now
84%
Humidity, range
51 to 100%
Relative humidity at Myrtle Beach(CIV), relative humidity from 51 to 100, the latest 84, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

4 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
4mph
from the southwest
Strongest
12mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Myrtle Beach(CIV), wind from 4 to 12, the latest 4, in miles an hour.WINDmph2.557.51012.53 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Myrtle Beach(CIV), wind direction from 160 to 300, the latest 220, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.08 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Myrtle Beach(CIV), pressure, altimeter from 30.07 to 30.14, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0630.0830.1030.1230.143 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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
Visibility at Myrtle Beach(CIV), visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
8 AM 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

Myrtle Beach(CIV): 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 Myrtle Beach International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Myrtle Beach(CIV)MYR

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/26 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Horry RAWSHRAS1

A remote fire weather station/19.9 mi away/85 ft/60 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Myrtle Beach 1.7 WSWSC-HR-151

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/18 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Myrtle BeachMYBS1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/10 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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