Savannah River At Richard B Russell Lake 2 WNW Calhoun FallsRBDS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/482 ft/61 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/South Carolina/Calhoun Falls
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 87° today.
Now. Calhoun Falls is 68° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:05 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.
As of 2:00 AM in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 45 miles off.
Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 9 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Calhoun Falls, South CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Calhoun Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Savannah River At Richard B Russell Lake 2 WNW Calhoun FallsRBDS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/482 ft/61 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/26.9 mi away/630 ft/87 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW9473FW9473
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.8 mi away/740 ft/197 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Calhoun Falls Co-OpCALS1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/541 ft/2 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Calhoun Falls 1.0 ENESC-AB-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/537 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 26.9 mi from Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.