Beside a road/3.3 mi away/144 ft/126 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/South Carolina/Capitol View
Capitol View, South Carolina
Community in Richland County, South Carolina71°
90°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light air 1 mph S
Now. Capitol View is 71° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 73): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
73Air quality
82%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9063
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8864
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6558
26%
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6145
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6746
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7349
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7450
UV 7
71°
90°63°
88°64°
65°58°
61°45°
67°46°
73°49°
74°50°
As of 11:00 PM in Capitol View, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Capitol View
Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 5 miles off.
73Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate8.9 mi
- Ozone48Good27 ppb8.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)26Good8.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb11.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb8.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm8.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 80YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Capitol View
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Capitol View, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Capitol View, South CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Capitol View, 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 now4 instruments
Rank1,060of 1,128
Columbia Owens Downtown AirportCUB
At an airfield/4.0 mi away/194 ft/76 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.9 mi away/547 ft/277 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW2998FW2998
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/238 ft/32 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Columbia 5.6 SSWSC-RC-123
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/246 ft/24 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
On a farm or research station/12.5 mi away/436 ft/166 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.0 mi from Capitol View, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Capitol View
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Arthurtowncommunity, 4 mi
- Forest Acrescity, 5 mi
- Hopkinscommunity, 5 mi
- Woodfieldcommunity, 6 mi
- Olympiacommunity, 6 mi
- Arcadia Lakestown, 6 mi
- Columbiacity, 7 mi
- Dentsvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Caycecity, 8 mi
- West Columbiacity, 9 mi
- Springdaletown, 11 mi
- Pine Ridgetown, 11 mi