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North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

City in Horry County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at North Myrtle Beach

Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 18 miles off.

40Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)40Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Myrtle Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at North Myrtle Beach, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest North Myrtle Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

North Myrtle Beach 0.8 WNWSC-HR-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Myrtle BeachMYBS1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at North Myrtle Beach, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 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 North Myrtle Beach, 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 CREFIG. A THE SKY OVER NORTH MYRTLE BEACHSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLENorth Myrtle Beach, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CRETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at North Myrtle Beach: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CREFIG. B THE AIR AT NORTH MYRTLE BEACHTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.6 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLENorth Myrtle Beach, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at North Myrtle Beach, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 5 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 CREFIG. C THE WIND AT NORTH MYRTLE BEACHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENorth Myrtle Beach, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of North Myrtle Beach, 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 North Myrtle Beach

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Near North Myrtle Beach

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