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Piedmont, South Carolina

Community in Anderson County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Piedmont

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 24 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate10.4 mi
  • Ozone46Good58 ppb12.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good10.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb10.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb10.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Piedmont

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. 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 Piedmont, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Piedmont, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-85 @ SC-8SC003

Beside a road/4.5 mi away/955 ft/117 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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And- 326343714082285600

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.7 mi away/785 ft/53 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank390of 1,128

GreenvilleGYH

At an airfield/6.3 mi away/955 ft/117 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank926of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Piedmont 0.7 SSWSC-AN-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/860 ft/22 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lee Steam PlantBELS1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/656 ft/182 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Greenville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Piedmont, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:47 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Greenville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYHFIG. A THE SKY OVER GREENVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONSCT 4,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGreenville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

84.2 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Greenville: temperature 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYHFIG. B THE AIR AT GREENVILLETHE 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 5,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,500 FTTEMPERATURE 84.2 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 21.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEGreenville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Greenville, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYHFIG. C THE WIND AT GREENVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGreenville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Greenville, 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 Piedmont

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

Near Piedmont

River and lake gauges