Temperature
72 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 72F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 65F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Medium airport in Sumter County, South Carolina72°
91°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light air 2 mph SSW
Now. Shaw Air Force Base is 72° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 73): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is possible Saturday (39%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
73Air quality
81%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9163
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8964
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6658
39%
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6245
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6847
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7350
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7451
UV 6
72°
91°63°
89°64°
66°58°
62°45°
68°47°
73°50°
74°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Shaw Air Force Base
Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 24 miles off.
73Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate-
- Ozone48Good4 ppb20.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)26Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 80YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shaw Air Force Base
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 Shaw Air Force Base, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SSC
- ICAO
- KSSC
- IATA
- SSC
- Field elevation
- 241 ft
- Serves
- Sumter
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SSC
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04L / 22R | 10,014 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 35° / 215° | Calm | Calm |
| 04R / 22L | 8,014 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 35° / 215° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Shaw AFB/Sumter (SSC), Shaw Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 3 PM to 93% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 80%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 8 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 8 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
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
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
Shaw AFB/Sumter: 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 Shaw Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/243 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sumter [CCOOP]SMRS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/184 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-20 @ I-77SC012
Beside a road/26.5 mi away/295 ft/54 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Shaw AFB 1.7 NWSC-SM-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/324 ft/83 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BishopvilleBSPS1
At a cooperative observer's station/21.4 mi away/207 ft/34 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bishopville (BSPS1), 21.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Shaw Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cherryvalecommunity, 1 mi
- Oaklandcommunity, 2 mi
- Stateburgcommunity, 3 mi
- Dalzellcommunity, 4 mi
- Cane Savannahcommunity, 6 mi
- Wedgefieldcommunity, 7 mi
- Mulberrycommunity, 8 mi
- Sumtercity, 8 mi
- Rembertcommunity, 9 mi
- South Sumtercommunity, 10 mi
- East Sumtercommunity, 10 mi
- Oswegocommunity, 10 mi
Airports near Shaw Air Force Base
- Sumter AirportSMS, 6 mi
- Mc Entire Joint National Guard BaseMMT, 19 mi
- Woodward FieldCDN, 22 mi
- Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens AirportCUB, 30 mi
- Santee Cooper Regional AirportMNI, 31 mi
- Hartsville Regional AirportHVS, 36 mi
- Columbia Metropolitan AirportCAE, 37 mi
- Williamsburg Regional AirportCKI, 39 mi