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Norris, South Carolina

Town in Pickens County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Norris

Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 36 miles off.

66Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)66Moderate19.7 mi
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good19.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide17Good18 ppb19.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb19.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Norris

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
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Norris, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-85 @ SC-8SC003

Beside a road/13.9 mi away/955 ft/20 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Central 2.9 NNWSC-PC-73

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/930 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ClemsonCLES1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/798 ft/137 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pickens County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Norris, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 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 Pickens County, 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 LQKFIG. A THE SKY OVER PICKENS COUNTYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPickens County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LQKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LQK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.8 F with a dew point of 62.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pickens County: temperature 64.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.8, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LQKFIG. B THE AIR AT PICKENS COUNTYTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.8 F, 62.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEPickens County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LQKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LQK-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 Pickens County, 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 LQKFIG. C THE WIND AT PICKENS COUNTYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPickens County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LQKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LQK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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

Near Norris

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

Near Norris

River and lake gauges