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Kershaw, South Carolina

Town in Lancaster County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Kershaw

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Catawba Indian Nation (SC), 30 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate22.1 mi
  • Ozone27Good43 ppb22.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, 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 Kershaw

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. 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 Kershaw, the next 45 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kershaw, 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

CamdenCDN

At an airfield/18.3 mi away/302 ft/225 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank218of 1,111

I-77 @ SC-34SC017

Beside a road/28.9 mi away/564 ft/37 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Kershaw 1.2 SWSC-LN-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/470 ft/57 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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JeffersonJEFS2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/441 ft/86 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,107of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Camden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.3 mi from Kershaw, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Camden, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDNFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMDENSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECamden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CDNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CDN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Camden: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDNFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMDENTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLECamden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CDN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Camden, north up: at 6 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 CDNFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECamden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CDN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Jefferson (JEFS2), 13.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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

Near Kershaw

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

Near Kershaw

River and lake gauges