Citizen station FW6870FW6870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,044 ft/298 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/South Carolina/Chickasaw Point
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 85° today.
Now. Chickasaw Point is 67° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the west-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° 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 61): 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 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:06 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 5:00 AM in Chickasaw Point, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 45 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Chickasaw Point, South CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Chickasaw Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW6870FW6870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,044 ft/298 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hartwell Lake Near Anderson02187010
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/892 ft/146 ft above here
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SC-11 @ SC-28SC002
Beside a road/15.4 mi away/1,024 ft/278 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Westminster 8.7 SSC-OC-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/695 ft/51 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Walhall Co-OpWALS1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/896 ft/150 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Chickasaw Point, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
66.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.
From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Walhall Co-Op (WALS1), 14.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.