Parks/South Carolina/Dreher Island State Park

Dreher Island State Park, South Carolina

State Park in Newberry County, South Carolina

72° 85°/65°

Clear· Feels like 72°·Light air 3 mph SSW

Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 85° today.

Now. Dreher Island State Park is 72° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 75): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

75Air quality

83%Humidity

1%Cloud

Now

12:00 AM

72feels72

Today

Oct 16

8565

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

6357

23%

16mph

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

5945

15mph

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

6546

12mph

UV 7

Tue

Oct 20

7149

UV 7

Wed

Oct 21

7251

UV 7

Thu

Oct 22

7251

UV 6

72°

85°65°

63°57°

59°45°

65°46°

71°49°

72°51°

As of 12:00 AM in Dreher Island State Park, South Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Dreher Island State Park

Index 75, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 30 miles off.

75Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)75Moderate-
Ozone44Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 80, moderate.

GoodModerate

80YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dreher Island State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Dreher Island State Park, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.51 sq mi
Height at its point: 355 ft
County: Newberry County
State: South Carolina
Latitude: 34.0833° N
Longitude: 81.3978° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dreher Island State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Flotilla Island At Lake MurrayLMFS1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/364 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW4581FW4581

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.2 mi away/408 ft/53 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I-26 @ I-126SC011

Beside a road/17.8 mi away/210 ft/145 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Columbia MetroCAE

At an airfield/18.8 mi away/226 ft/129 ft below here