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Edisto Beach, South Carolina

Town in Colleton County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Edisto Beach

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (SC), 31 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone4Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Edisto Beach

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 Edisto Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Edisto Beach, 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

BeaufortARW

At an airfield/18.5 mi away/10 ft/16 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Elevated Roadway I-26SC020

Beside a road/31.3 mi away/13 ft/13 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Edisto Beach 0.4 NWSC-CL-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/10 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Edisto Beach 3NE, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.4 mi from Edisto Beach, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

73.9 F with a dew point of 69.3 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Edisto Beach 3NE: temperature 73.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.3, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EDBS1FIG. B THE AIR AT EDISTO BEACH 3NETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.2 FTEMPERATURE 73.9 FDEW POINT 69.3 FSPREAD 4.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEEdisto Beach 3NE, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP EDBS1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EDBS1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (223 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Edisto Beach 3NE, north up: blowing from 223 degrees, the southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EDBS1FIG. C THE WIND AT EDISTO BEACH 3NEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 223°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEdisto Beach 3NE, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP EDBS1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EDBS1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 13 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.91 inHg and the temperature at 59.0 F; it reports 73.9 F, 14.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Edisto Beach 3NE stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 13 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.91 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EDBS1FIG. D WHERE EDISTO BEACH 3NE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREEDISTO BEACH 3NE0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT13 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.91 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.9 FTITLEEdisto Beach 3NE, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP EDBS1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EDBS1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Edisto Beach 3NE, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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