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Paxville, South Carolina

Town in Clarendon County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Paxville

Index 72, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 37 miles off.

72Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)72Moderate-
  • Ozone50Good45 ppb24.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 87, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Paxville

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Paxville, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Paxville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ManningMNI

At an airfield/13.7 mi away/103 ft/84 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank249of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Sumter 11.7 SSESC-SM-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/173 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ManningMANS1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/144 ft/43 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank8of 1,128

Station report

The weather at Manning, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Paxville, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Manning, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANNINGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEManning, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MNITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MNI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

87.8 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Manning: temperature 87.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNIFIG. B THE AIR AT MANNINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 87.8 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLEManning, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MNI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Manning, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNIFIG. C THE WIND AT MANNINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManning, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MNI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Manning, 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 Paxville

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

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