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Chesterfield, South Carolina

Town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Chesterfield

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Union County (NC), 31 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-10.1 mi
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Chesterfield

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Chesterfield, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chesterfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CherawCQW

At an airfield/7.5 mi away/239 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank210of 1,128

Pee DeeS2037

At a soil climate station/36.2 mi away/120 ft/144 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank777of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Cheraw 0.7 NSC-CF-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/107 ft/157 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cheraw, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Chesterfield, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Sky obscured at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Cheraw, height above the station to scale: sky obscured cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHERAWSECTION, 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 SHEETVV 200 FTSKY OBSCURED, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLECheraw, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CQWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Cheraw: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CQWFIG. B THE AIR AT CHERAWTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, VV 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECheraw, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Cheraw, 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 CQWFIG. C THE WIND AT CHERAWPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECheraw, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CQWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CQW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Chesterfield (CTFS1), 2.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 09:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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

Near Chesterfield

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

Near Chesterfield

River and lake gauges