At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/135 ft/43 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/South Carolina/Congaree National Park
Congaree National Park, South Carolina
National Park in Richland County, South Carolina64°
88°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Light air 2 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 88° today.
Now. Congaree National Park is 64° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 59): 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 62°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:59 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.
0UV Low
59Air quality
95%Humidity
10%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8864
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6657
38%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6245
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6746
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7248
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7450
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7451
UV 6
64°
88°64°
66°57°
62°45°
67°46°
72°48°
74°50°
74°51°
As of 7:00 AM in Congaree National Park, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Congaree National Park
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 19 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate24 mi
- Ozone27Good2 ppb2.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good24 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6 ppb24.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb24 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm24 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 87, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 87YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Congaree National Park
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Congaree National Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- National Park
- Area
- 42 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 92 ft
- County
- Richland County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.7918° N
- Longitude
- 80.7614° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Congaree National Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/9.1 mi away/253 ft/161 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/385 ft/293 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/16.5 mi away/144 ft/52 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
St. Matthews 3.2 ENESC-CA-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/252 ft/160 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St Mathews 1SESMWS1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/269 ft/177 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Congaree National Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gadsdencommunity, 4 mi
- Eastovertown, 7 mi
- St. Matthewstown, 9 mi
- Hopkinscommunity, 10 mi
- Capitol Viewcommunity, 15 mi
- Wedgefieldcommunity, 16 mi
- Camerontown, 16 mi
- Pinewoodtown, 18 mi
- Arthurtowncommunity, 18 mi
- Stateburgcommunity, 18 mi
- Gastontown, 19 mi
- Cane Savannahcommunity, 20 mi