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Lydia, South Carolina

Community in Darlington County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Lydia

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 24 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate23 mi
  • Ozone43Good27 ppb20.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lydia

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lydia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HartsvilleHVS

At an airfield/8.0 mi away/364 ft/151 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank237of 1,128

Pee DeeS2037

At a soil climate station/21.8 mi away/120 ft/93 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank777of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Lydia 0.6 ENESC-DR-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/211 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HartsvilleHARS1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/197 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank12of 1,128

Station report

The weather at Hartsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Lydia, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,600 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hartsville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHartsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HVSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 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 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Hartsville: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 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 3,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 66.2 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 POINTTITLEHartsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVS-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 Hartsville, 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 HVSFIG. C THE WIND AT HARTSVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHartsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Hartsville (HARS1), 8.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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

Near Lydia

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

Near Lydia

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