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Gaffney, South Carolina

City in Cherokee County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Gaffney

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 30 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate17.4 mi
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gaffney

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Gaffney, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gaffney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-85 @ SC-198SC015

Beside a road/6.9 mi away/666 ft/125 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Gaffney 1.7 ENESC-CK-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/765 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Spartanburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from Gaffney, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Spartanburg, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPARTANBURGSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLESpartanburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SPATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Spartanburg: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPAFIG. B THE AIR AT SPARTANBURGTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLESpartanburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SPATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Spartanburg, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPAFIG. C THE WIND AT SPARTANBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESpartanburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SPATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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Near Gaffney

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