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Graniteville, South Carolina

Community in Aiken County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Graniteville

Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 16 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate12.7 mi
  • Ozone38Good44 ppb12.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb12.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 80, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Graniteville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Graniteville, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Graniteville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

US-25 @ I-20SC014

Beside a road/7.4 mi away/499 ft/259 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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AikenAIK

At an airfield/9.2 mi away/528 ft/288 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Aiken 4.7 WSC-AK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/238 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Aiken, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.2 mi from Graniteville, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 9,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Aiken, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 9,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AIKFIG. A THE SKY OVER AIKENSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 9,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAiken, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AIKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AIK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 62.2 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Aiken: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.2, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AIKFIG. B THE AIR AT AIKENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,500 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 62.2 FSPREAD 8.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEAiken, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AIKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AIK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Aiken, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 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 AIKFIG. C THE WIND AT AIKENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAiken, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AIKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AIK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Graniteville 3.9ENE (GNTS1), 3.9 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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

Near Graniteville

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

Near Graniteville

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