Citizen station GW5730GW5730
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/234 ft/22 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/South Carolina/Hilda
Coming up. Tomorrow is 21 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 87° today.
Now. Hilda is 67° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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. Air quality is moderate (index 84): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:02 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 day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Hilda, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 84, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 42 miles off.
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hilda, South CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Hilda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5730GW5730
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/234 ft/22 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Blackville 3 W63826
At a climate reference station/7.0 mi away/317 ft/61 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
BlackvilleBLVS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/338 ft/82 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
BarnwellBNL
At an airfield/8.3 mi away/246 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Barnwell 5 ENEBNLS1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/266 ft/10 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Barnwell 2.7 ESC-BW-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/195 ft/61 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Hilda, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 4,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.
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.
Calm.
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), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.