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Summerton, South Carolina

Town in Clarendon County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Summerton

Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 43 miles off.

73Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate-
  • Ozone47Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 87, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Summerton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Summerton, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Summerton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ManningMNI

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/103 ft/37 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank249of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Summerton 1.3 ESESC-CD-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/131 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ManningMANS1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/144 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank8of 1,128

Station report

The weather at Manning, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Summerton, South Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,500 ft, scattered at 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Manning, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 7,500 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 7,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,500 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-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

86.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Manning: temperature 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 86.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 southwest (230 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Manning, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 6 miles an hour; 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 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH 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.

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Near Summerton

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