Temperature
69 F at 2 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Friday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Friday.
- Now
- 69F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 1 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Darlington County Airport
Now. Darlington County Airport is 69° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:50 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Darlington County Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 21 miles off.
Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 1 mph head, on 05 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Darlington County Jetport (UDG), Darlington County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 2 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Friday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Friday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 3 PM Friday to 100% at 4 AM Friday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the north northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 2 PM Friday, with a gust of 20 mph at 1 PM Friday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.89 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 4 AM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,900 ft at 1 PM Friday; a base was reported in 9 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
The 5 instruments nearest Darlington 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/194 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hartsville - Sonoco ProductsHARS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/187 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Pee DeeS2037
At a soil climate station/13.7 mi away/120 ft/72 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Darlington 7.7 NSC-DR-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/156 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HartsvilleHARS1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/197 ft/5 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hartsville - Sonoco Products (HARS1), 9.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. 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.