Temperature
64 F at 5 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Orangeburg Municipal Airport
Coming up. Tomorrow is 21 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 87° today.
Now. Orangeburg Municipal Airport is 64° and fog at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 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 day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Orangeburg Municipal Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 40 miles off.
Yesterday measured 87, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,508 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 5,399 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Orangeburg (OGB), Orangeburg Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 5 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 4 hours; 0.5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 3 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
Orangeburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Orangeburg Municipal 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
OrangeburgOGB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/197 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Santee Nwr RAWSSPLS1
A remote fire weather station/25.1 mi away/82 ft/113 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Blackville 3 W63826
At a climate reference station/27.6 mi away/317 ft/122 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Beside a road/34.7 mi away/144 ft/51 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cordova 1.7 ENESC-OR-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/196 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OrangeburgORBS1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/194 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Orangeburg (ORBS1), 2.3 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 23:59. 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.