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Olympia, South Carolina

Community in Richland County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Olympia

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 9 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate8.8 mi
  • Ozone25Good1 ppb8.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good8.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide10Good11 ppb14 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb8.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm8.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 87, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Olympia

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Olympia, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Olympia, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Columbia 1.3 NNESC-RC-158

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/167 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sandhill Experiment STNSAHS1

On a farm or research station/14.6 mi away/436 ft/271 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.2 mi from Olympia, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CUBFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBIA OWENS DOWNTOWN AIRPORTSECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLEColumbia Owens Downtown Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CUBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CUB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Columbia Owens Downtown Airport: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CUBFIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBIA OWENS DOWNTOWN AIRPORTTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEColumbia Owens Downtown Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CUBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CUB-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 Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, 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 CUBFIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBIA OWENS DOWNTOWN AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEColumbia Owens Downtown Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CUBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CUB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, 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 Olympia

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

Near Olympia

River and lake gauges