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Elgin, South Carolina

Town in Kershaw County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Elgin

Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 11 miles off.

73Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate11.2 mi
  • Ozone48Good53 ppb5.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)26Good11.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb5.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb11.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm11.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 80, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elgin

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elgin, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elgin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CamdenCDN

At an airfield/15.0 mi away/302 ft/106 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank218of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Elgin 1.1 WSWSC-KR-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/344 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Pontiac 2NNWPTCS1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/318 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank9of 1,128

Station report

The weather at Camden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Elgin, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Camden, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDNFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMDENSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECamden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CDNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Camden: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDNFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,500 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLECamden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 12 mph.

Plan of the wind at Camden, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, 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 CDNFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECamden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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