Springmaid PierNDBC-MROS1
At a harbour/1.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/State Park Beach
State Park Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Horry County, South Carolina82°
83°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 84°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 71% around 1 PM.
Now. State Park Beach is 82° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (82%). Rain is possible Sunday (31%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV High
29Air quality
61%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
82feels84
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
8367
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6760
82%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
6146
31%
21mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6550
16%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
6952
10%
13mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7055
11%
14mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7055
13mph
82°
83°67°
67°60°
61°46°
65°50°
69°52°
70°55°
70°55°
As of 12:00 PM in State Park Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at State Park Beach
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 12 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good11.7 mi
- Ozone29Good36 ppb11.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at State Park Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 State Park Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 131°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Horry.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low
- Surf height
- North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Horry, including Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, Atlantic Beach, Windy Hill, Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, and Garden City. Issued 10:52 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low |
| Surf height | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | Low | Low |
| Weather | Sunny | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 10 mph | North winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Remarks | Moderate south to north longshore current | Moderate north to south longshore current |
| Tides | Springmaid PierHigh, 12:09 PM | Springmaid PierLow, 6:17 AMHigh, 1:04 PM |
- Sunday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Horry County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.6433° N
- Longitude
- 78.9346° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest State Park Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/2.5 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6442GW6442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Myrtle Beach 4.2 SWSC-HR-184
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Myrtle BeachMYBS1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/10 ft/- ft from 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 State Park Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Surfside Beachtown, 4 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 4 mi
- Myrtle Beachcity, 4 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 5 mi
- Forestbrookcommunity, 6 mi
- Carolina Forestcommunity, 8 mi
- Murrells Inletcommunity, 9 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 10 mi
- Red Hillcommunity, 10 mi
- Briarcliffe Acrestown, 15 mi
- Conwaycity, 15 mi
- Litchfield Beachcommunity, 16 mi
Beaches near State Park Beach
- Myrtle Beach State Parkunder 1 mi
- Long Bay Beachunder 1 mi
- Pirateland Beachunder 1 mi
- Lakewood Beachunder 1 mi
- Pebble Beach1 mi
- Midway Swash1 mi
- Springmaid Beach1 mi
- Ocean Lakes Beach2 mi