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In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/556 ft/86 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/South Carolina/Fort Mill
Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 86° today.
Now. Fort Mill is 68° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Catawba Indian Nation (SC), 7 miles off.
Yesterday measured 50, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fort Mill, South CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Mill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
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Citizen station FW0248FW0248
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/556 ft/86 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
CRN-55 Raingage At Nation Ford Hs, Fort Mill350324080551845
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/7.0 mi away/663 ft/21 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-85 @ SC-198SC015
Beside a road/35.8 mi away/666 ft/24 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Mill 2.0 ESESC-YR-54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/622 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lake Wylie DamFOMS1
At a dam/4.5 mi away/548 ft/94 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.0 mi from Fort Mill, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.