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Lamar, South Carolina

Town in Darlington County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Lamar

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 19 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone28Good41 ppb19.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lamar

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lamar, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 10 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lamar, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HartsvilleHVS

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/364 ft/191 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank244of 1,111

Pee DeeS2037

At a soil climate station/20.8 mi away/120 ft/53 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank772of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Timmonsville 5.2 NWSC-DR-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/167 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BishopvilleBSPS1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/207 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hartsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Lamar, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 700 ft, broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Hartsville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVSFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARTSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEHartsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HVSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HVS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartsville: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVSFIG. B THE AIR AT HARTSVILLETHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.2 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEHartsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HVS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hartsville, north up: at 7 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVSFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHartsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HVS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bishopville (BSPS1), 10.6 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 Lamar

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

Near Lamar

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