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Central, South Carolina

Town in Pickens County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Central

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 38 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate22.4 mi
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good22.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb22.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb22.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Central

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Central, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Central, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-85 @ SC-8SC003

Beside a road/14.3 mi away/955 ft/112 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Central 0.8 SSWSC-PC-68

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/868 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ClemsonCLES1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/798 ft/45 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Clemson/Oconee County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Central, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 200 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Clemson/Oconee County, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 200 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEUFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLEMSON/OCONEE COUNTYSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEClemson/Oconee County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CEUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Clemson/Oconee County: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEUFIG. B THE AIR AT CLEMSON/OCONEE COUNTYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEClemson/Oconee County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Clemson/Oconee County, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEUFIG. C THE WIND AT CLEMSON/OCONEE COUNTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClemson/Oconee County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Clemson/Oconee County, 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 Central

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

Near Central

River and lake gauges