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Buffalo, South Carolina

Community in Union County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Buffalo

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 30 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone26Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 68, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buffalo

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buffalo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Union35A

At an airfield/3.4 mi away/595 ft/66 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank231of 1,111

I-385 @ US-221SC010

Beside a road/22.0 mi away/715 ft/186 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Buffalo 0.9 WSC-UN-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/556 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Union 8 SUNNS1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/492 ft/37 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Union, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.4 mi from Buffalo, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Union, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 4,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 35AFIG. A THE SKY OVER UNIONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEUnion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 35ATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-35A-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Union: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 35AFIG. B THE AIR AT UNIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEUnion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 35ATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-35A-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Union, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 35AFIG. C THE WIND AT UNIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEUnion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 35ATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-35A-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Union, 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 Buffalo

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

Near Buffalo

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