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Cope, South Carolina

Town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Cope

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 46 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 87, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cope

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Cope, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Cope, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cope 3.1 ENESC-OR-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/185 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BambergBAMS1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/190 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank800of 1,128

Station report

The weather at Orangeburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Cope, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:11 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Orangeburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OGBFIG. A THE SKY OVER ORANGEBURGSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEOrangeburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OGBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OGB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 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 Orangeburg: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 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 OGBFIG. B THE AIR AT ORANGEBURGTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 66.0 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 POINTTITLEOrangeburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OGBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OGB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Orangeburg, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the 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 OGBFIG. C THE WIND AT ORANGEBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOrangeburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OGBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OGB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Bamberg (BAMS1), 5.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:05. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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

Near Cope

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

Near Cope

River and lake gauges