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Bennettsville, South Carolina

City in Marlboro County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Bennettsville

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 30 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone42Good54 ppb23.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 74, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bennettsville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Bennettsville, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 9 AM.

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On the radar over Bennettsville, South CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bennettsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BennettsvilleBBP

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/147 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Citizen station FW2584FW2584

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/151 ft/21 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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Pee DeeS2037

At a soil climate station/22.5 mi away/120 ft/10 ft below here

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measured daily2 instruments

Bennettsville 1.2 SESC-MB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/180 ft/50 ft above here

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CherawCEWS1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/141 ft/11 ft above here

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Station report

The weather at Bennettsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Bennettsville, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bennettsville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BBPFIG. A THE SKY OVER BENNETTSVILLESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBennettsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BBPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BBP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

86.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bennettsville: temperature 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BBPFIG. B THE AIR AT BENNETTSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.6 FTEMPERATURE 86.0 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBennettsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BBPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BBP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bennettsville, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BBPFIG. C THE WIND AT BENNETTSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBennettsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BBPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BBP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bennettsville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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