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Ridgeville, South Carolina

Town in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Ridgeville

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (SC), 28 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide7Good7 ppb23.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb23.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgeville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgeville, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridgeville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Elevated Roadway I-26SC020

Beside a road/27.3 mi away/13 ft/36 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Summerville 4WSMVS1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/69 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Summersville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.7 mi from Ridgeville, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 1 mi.

Section of the sky over Summersville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 1 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DYBFIG. A THE SKY OVER SUMMERSVILLESECTION, 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: 1 MI0510TITLESummersville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DYBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DYB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Summersville: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DYBFIG. B THE AIR AT SUMMERSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLESummersville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DYBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DYB-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 Summersville, 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 DYBFIG. C THE WIND AT SUMMERSVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESummersville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DYBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DYB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Summersville, 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 Ridgeville

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

Near Ridgeville

River and lake gauges