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Govan, South Carolina

Town in Bamberg County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Govan

Index 84, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 47 miles off.

84Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)84Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 80, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Govan

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Govan, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Govan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

BarnwellBNL

At an airfield/12.7 mi away/246 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank218of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Denmark 0.6 NNWSC-BM-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/248 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Barnwell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from Govan, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Barnwell, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNLFIG. A THE SKY OVER BARNWELLSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 4,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEBarnwell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BNLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BNL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Barnwell: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNLFIG. B THE AIR AT BARNWELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.8 F, 68.0 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 POINTTITLEBarnwell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BNLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BNL-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 Barnwell, 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 BNLFIG. C THE WIND AT BARNWELLPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBarnwell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BNLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BNL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Barnwell 5 ENE (BNLS1), 4.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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

Near Govan

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

Near Govan

River and lake gauges