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National Weather Service Columbia SC
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

SCZ027-172000-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      93          73          95          74          90
Temp                      90 84 78 76 74 75 86 93 91 85 79 76 75 75 82 88 86 81
Dewpt                     73 73 73 72 72 73 75 74 75 75 75 74 73 74 75 75 75 75
RH                        58 70 85 87 93 94 70 54 60 72 88 94 94 97 79 66 70 82
Wind dir                   E SE  S SW  W  W NW  S  N  N  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   4  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  3
Clouds                    FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S                    C  C
Tstms                                              S                    C  C
Heat index                98 90             95103102 94             89 98 95 87
Max heat               98   100    86         103   105    87          98    98


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          73    90      72    89      71    85      71    83
Temp          75 74 87 82   76 75 86 80   75 74 84 79   73 73 81 77
Dewpt         72 73 73 73   71 72 74 74   73 72 73 73   72 72 73 73
PWind dir        NE     N       N     N       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    10      10    30      40    60      40    60
Rain shwrs                            C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                                 C    C     S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ028-172000-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      93          73          95          73          90
Temp                      90 84 79 75 74 75 86 93 91 84 78 76 75 75 82 87 87 81
Dewpt                     72 72 72 72 71 72 74 73 73 75 75 73 73 74 74 73 73 74
RH                        56 67 79 90 90 90 68 52 56 74 91 90 94 97 77 63 63 79
Wind dir                   E SE  S SW  W  W NW SW  W NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   3  2  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  3
Clouds                    CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S                    C  C
Tstms                                              S                    C  C
Heat index                97 90             94102100 92             88 94 94 86
Max heat               97    99    85         102   102    87          94    95


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          73    90      72    89      71    85      70    82
Temp          75 74 87 82   75 75 86 80   75 74 83 78   73 73 80 77
Dewpt         72 72 71 72   71 72 73 74   72 72 72 73   71 71 73 72
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    10       5    30      40    60      40    60
Rain shwrs                            C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                                 C    C     S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ031-172000-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      92          73          94          73          89
Temp                      90 84 78 75 73 75 86 91 91 83 78 76 74 75 82 86 86 81
Dewpt                     71 73 71 71 71 72 74 73 73 75 75 74 73 74 74 74 74 74
RH                        54 70 79 87 93 90 68 56 56 77 91 94 97 97 77 68 68 79
Wind dir                   E SE  S SW  W  W NW  E  E  N  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   3  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  6  6  4
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C
Heat index                96 89             94100100 90             89 94 94 86
Max heat               95    97    85         101   102    86          94    95


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          73    89      72    89      72    85      71    84
Temp          75 74 86 82   75 75 86 81   74 74 83 78   73 73 81 77
Dewpt         72 72 72 72   71 71 73 74   72 72 72 73   71 71 73 72
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    10       5    30      40    60      40    60
Rain shwrs                            C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                                 C    C     S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ136-172000-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      91          71          93          73          89
Temp                      88 82 76 73 72 74 85 91 91 84 78 75 74 75 82 86 86 81
Dewpt                     70 73 73 72 71 72 72 71 70 73 73 72 73 73 73 72 72 73
RH                        55 74 90 97 97 93 65 52 50 70 85 90 97 94 74 63 63 77
Wind dir                   E SE  S SW  N  W NW NE SE  E SE SE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   5  2  1  1  0  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  3  5  6  6  4
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C
Heat index                93 87             91 98 97 90             87 92 92 86
Max heat               95    95                98    98    86          92    93


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          72    89      72    89      73    85      71    83
Temp          74 74 87 82   75 75 87 80   75 74 82 78   73 73 81 77
Dewpt         72 72 72 72   71 71 71 73   73 72 72 73   72 72 72 73
PWind dir        NE     N       N     N       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    10       5    30      30    60      40    60
Rain shwrs                            C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                                 C    C     S  C    C     S  C

$$
GAZ065-172000-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      92          70          94          73          91
Temp                      90 84 76 74 72 74 86 92 91 85 79 76 74 75 84 88 87 82
Dewpt                     72 73 73 73 71 72 73 71 70 72 73 72 72 72 73 72 72 73
RH                        56 70 90 97 97 93 65 51 50 65 82 87 93 90 70 59 61 74
Wind dir                  NE  E  S  N  N  N  N SE  W NE  E SE  E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   5  3  1  0  0  0  1  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  4  5  6  5
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C
Heat index                97 90             93 99 97 91             90 95 94 87
Max heat               97    97    85          99    99    87          95    95


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          72    91      72    91      72    87      71    85
Temp          75 74 89 84   75 75 89 82   75 74 85 79   73 73 83 78
Dewpt         72 73 72 72   72 72 72 73   73 72 73 72   72 72 72 72
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    10       5    30      40    70      40    60
Rain shwrs                            C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                                 C    C     S  L    C     S  C

$$
GAZ065-172000-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      91          73          94          74          90
Temp                      88 84 79 76 74 75 86 91 90 85 80 77 76 75 83 87 86 81
Dewpt                     71 72 72 72 72 72 72 70 70 71 72 71 72 72 72 71 71 72
RH                        57 67 79 87 93 90 63 50 52 63 77 82 87 90 70 59 61 74
Wind dir                  NE  E  S SW  W NW NW  S  W  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   5  3  2  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  5  5
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C
Heat index                94 90             92 97 96 90 84          88 93 91 85
Max heat               95    95    88          97    97    88          93    93


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          73    90      74    90      73    85      72    83
Temp          75 74 87 83   76 75 88 81   75 74 84 79   74 73 81 77
Dewpt         72 72 71 71   71 71 71 72   72 72 72 71   71 71 70 71
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    20      10    30      40    70      40    60
Rain shwrs              S             C    C  S  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                   S             C    C     S  L    C     S  C

$$
SCZ116-172000-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      93          72          93          72          87
Temp                      90 82 77 74 72 75 86 91 88 81 76 74 73 74 80 84 85 78
Dewpt                     69 72 71 71 70 72 72 71 73 74 74 73 73 73 72 72 72 73
RH                        50 72 82 90 93 90 63 52 61 79 94 97100 97 77 67 65 85
Wind dir                  SE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   1  0  0  0  0  1  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  3  5  5  4  2
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.20        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S              C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S              C  C
Heat index                95 87             92 98 96 86             84 90 91
Max heat               96    97    84          98    99                90    92


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          71    87      71    87      70    83      69    82
Temp          73 73 85 79   73 73 85 78   72 72 82 75   71 71 79 74
Dewpt         71 71 70 71   70 71 70 72   71 70 71 70   69 69 70 71
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE     N       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    30      40    50      40    50
Rain shwrs                            C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                 C    C        C    C        C

$$
SCZ020-172000-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      91          72          93          72          87
Temp                      90 83 77 74 73 74 85 91 90 83 77 75 74 74 80 85 85 79
Dewpt                     70 72 71 70 70 71 73 72 72 74 73 73 72 73 74 73 73 73
RH                        52 70 82 87 90 90 67 54 56 74 87 94 93 97 82 67 67 82
Wind dir                   E SE  S SW SW  W  N NE NE SE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   2  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  5  2
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  S  S              C  C
Tstms                                              S  S  S              C  C
Heat index                96 88             92 99 97 90             84 92 92
Max heat               97    99    84         100   101    85          93    94


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          71    87      71    87      70    82      69    80
Temp          73 72 85 80   74 73 85 78   72 71 81 76   72 70 79 75
Dewpt         72 71 71 72   71 71 72 73   71 70 72 72   69 69 71 72
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    30      40    60      40    60
Rain shwrs                            C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                                 C    C  S  S  C    C        C

$$
SCZ010-172000-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Date             Sun 08/17/25            Mon 08/18/25            Tue 08/19/25
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      93          72          95          73          90
Temp                      91 84 77 74 72 74 86 93 91 84 78 75 74 74 82 87 86 81
Dewpt                     74 74 73 72 72 73 75 74 74 75 74 73 73 74 76 75 76 75
RH                        58 72 87 93100 97 70 54 58 74 88 94 97100 82 68 72 82
Wind dir                  NE SE  S  N SW  W  N  E SE SE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   2  1  1  0  1  1  1  1  2  1  1  1  2  2  3  3  3  2
Clouds                    FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C
Tstms                                                                   C  C
Heat index               101 91             95103101 92             89 96 96 87
Max heat               99   102    85         103   103    85          96    97


Date          Wed 08/20/25  Thu 08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          71    90      72    90      71    85      70    82
Temp          73 73 87 82   74 73 88 80   73 73 83 78   72 71 81 76
Dewpt         72 73 74 73   72 72 75 74   72 72 75 73   71 71 74 72
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10    20      10    30      40    60      50    60
Rain shwrs              S             C    C  C  C  L    C  C  C  L
Tstms                   S             C    C        C    C        C

$$