Parks/South Carolina/Cowpens National Battlefield

Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina

National Battlefield in Cherokee County, South Carolina

44° 74°/42°

Clear· Feels like 44°·Calm 1 mph NNW

Now. Cowpens National Battlefield is 44° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest Saturday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 70% lit, and sets at 2:56 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

53Air quality

93%Humidity

5%Cloud

Now

3:00 AM

44feels44

Today

Oct 20

7442

Wed

Oct 21

7246

Thu

Oct 22

7343

Fri

Oct 23

6946

Sat

Oct 24

6543

Sun

Oct 25

6842

Mon

Oct 26

7342

As of 3:00 AM in Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Cowpens National Battlefield

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 24 miles off.

53Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
Ozone6Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

GoodModerate

39YesterdayOct 19

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cowpens National Battlefield

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.02in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Cowpens National Battlefield, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 8 PM.

Park

Designation: National Battlefield
Area: 1.33 sq mi
Height at its point: 944 ft
County: Cherokee County
State: South Carolina
Latitude: 35.1316° N
Longitude: 81.8077° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cowpens National Battlefield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW1999GW1999

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/789 ft/155 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I-85 @ SC-198SC015

Beside a road/14.7 mi away/666 ft/278 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

SpartanburgSPA

At an airfield/17.1 mi away/801 ft/143 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Kings Mountain State ParkKNGS1

In a park or preserve/22.9 mi away/814 ft/130 ft below here