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Olanta, South Carolina

Town in Florence County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Olanta

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Florence and Darlington (SC), 20 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 74, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Olanta

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. 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 Olanta, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Olanta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KingstreeCKI

At an airfield/15.7 mi away/67 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank218of 1,128

Pee DeeS2037

At a soil climate station/27.6 mi away/120 ft/4 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank777of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Turbeville 0.2 NNESC-CD-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/131 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cades 4 WCADS1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/95 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank227of 1,128

Station report

The weather at Kingstree, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Olanta, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kingstree, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKIFIG. A THE SKY OVER KINGSTREESECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKingstree, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CKITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 57.2 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 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Kingstree: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 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 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKIFIG. B THE AIR AT KINGSTREETHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 57.2 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 POINTTITLEKingstree, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKI-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 Kingstree, 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 CKIFIG. C THE WIND AT KINGSTREEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEKingstree, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kingstree, 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.

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