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Bluffton, South Carolina

Town in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Bluffton

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 15 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bluffton

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bluffton, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Bluffton 2.7 WSC-BF-142

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/19 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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YemasseeYEMS1

At a cooperative observer's station/30.3 mi away/27 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hilton Head Island, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Bluffton, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:50 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 9,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hilton Head Island, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HXDFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILTON HEAD ISLANDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONSCT 9,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHilton Head Island, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HXDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HXD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Hilton Head Island: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HXDFIG. B THE AIR AT HILTON HEAD ISLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 9,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEHilton Head Island, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HXDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HXD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hilton Head Island, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HXDFIG. C THE WIND AT HILTON HEAD ISLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHilton Head Island, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HXDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HXD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Carolina

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bluffton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bluffton

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