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Watts Mills, South Carolina

Community in Laurens County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Watts Mills

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 29 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate-
  • Ozone46Good58 ppb22.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

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 Watts Mills

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 Watts Mills, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 7 miles Sat 3 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Watts Mills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-385 @ US-221SC010

Beside a road/2.6 mi away/715 ft/67 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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LaurensLUX

At an airfield/2.6 mi away/697 ft/49 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank222of 1,128

measured daily2 instruments

Laurens 1.7 ESC-LR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/637 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LaurensLRNS1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/600 ft/48 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,025of 1,128

Station report

The weather at Laurens, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Watts Mills, 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, scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Laurens, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUXFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAURENSSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELaurens, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LUXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUX-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 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Laurens: 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 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUXFIG. B THE AIR AT LAURENSTHE 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 5,000 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 POINTTITLELaurens, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Laurens, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUXFIG. C THE WIND AT LAURENSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELaurens, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Laurens, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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