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National Weather Service Columbia SC
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

SCZ027-170800-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      74          93          74          95          75
Temp                   77 75 77 84 88 88 85 79 76 75 77 86 92 92 87 82 79 77 79
Dewpt                  74 74 75 76 76 75 74 73 73 73 75 76 75 74 74 74 73 74 75
RH                     90 97 94 77 68 66 70 82 90 94 94 72 58 56 65 77 82 90 88
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                2  2  2  5  8  9  6  5  5  4  4  5  8  8  5  5  4  4  4
Wind gust                                   16
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                               C  C                    C  C
Heat index                      93 99 98 93             96103102 95 88
Max heat                           99    99    87         103   103    92


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          98      77    98      76    99      77    99      76    96
Temp          95 89   80 80 96 89   79 79 96 90   80 80 96 88   79 78 93 85
Dewpt         75 73   73 74 73 73   73 74 74 74   73 73 74 74   74 75 76 76
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     W      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW B1   SC FW FW B1   SC FW FW B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr         30      10    30      10    30      20    50      40    60
Rain shwrs        C             C             C    S        C    C     S  L
Tstms             C             C             C    S        C    C        L

$$
SCZ028-170800-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      74          92          74          95          75
Temp                   76 75 77 84 88 88 84 78 76 75 77 85 91 91 87 82 79 77 79
Dewpt                  74 73 75 76 75 74 73 73 73 73 75 76 74 73 73 74 73 73 75
RH                     94 94 94 77 66 63 70 85 90 94 94 75 58 56 63 77 82 87 88
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                2  2  2  5  8  9  5  5  4  3  4  5  6  8  5  5  4  3  3
Clouds                 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                               C  C                    C  C
Heat index                      93 98 97 90             94101100 94 88
Max heat                           98    97    87         101   102    92


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          98      77    98      76    99      77    99      76    94
Temp          94 88   80 80 95 88   79 79 96 89   80 80 95 87   78 78 92 84
Dewpt         74 73   73 73 73 73   73 73 73 73   73 73 74 73   73 74 75 75
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     W      SW     W       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW B1   SC FW FW B1   SC FW FW B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr         30      10    30      10    30      20    50      40    60
Rain shwrs        C             C             C    S        C    C     S  L
Tstms             C             C             C    S        C    C     S  L

$$
SCZ031-170800-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      74          91          75          94          75
Temp                   76 75 77 84 88 89 85 79 76 75 78 86 90 91 86 81 78 76 79
Dewpt                  74 74 76 75 75 74 74 73 74 74 76 76 75 75 75 74 74 74 76
RH                     94 97 97 74 66 61 70 82 94 97 94 72 62 60 70 79 88 94 91
Wind dir                S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd                2  2  3  6  9  9  6  6  5  4  5  6  8  9  6  6  5  5  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  S              S  S  C  C
Tstms                               C  S                 S  C  C
Heat index                      93 99 98 92 80          96101101 95 86
Max heat                           99    99    89         101   102    91


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          97      77    97      77    97      77    97      76    93
Temp          94 87   80 80 95 88   79 79 94 88   80 80 94 86   79 78 90 84
Dewpt         75 74   74 75 74 74   74 74 74 74   74 75 75 75   75 75 76 76
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     W      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW B1   SC FW FW B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    30      10    30      20    50      40    50
Rain shwrs        C             C             C    S     S  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms             C             C             C    S     S  C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ136-170800-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          91          74          93          75
Temp                   75 74 77 84 88 88 83 77 75 75 77 85 90 90 84 79 77 75 77
Dewpt                  74 74 75 75 74 72 72 73 74 74 75 75 73 73 73 74 74 75 75
RH                     97100 94 74 63 59 70 87 97 97 94 72 58 58 70 85 90100 94
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                2  2  3  6 10 10  9  5  4  4  4  6  9  9  8  5  5  4  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                            S  C  C                 S  C  C
Heat index                      92 97 95 88             94 98 98 90
Max heat                           97    96                98    99    87


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          95      75    95      75    96      76    96      75    94
Temp          92 86   77 78 93 86   78 79 93 86   79 79 93 85   77 78 91 84
Dewpt         74 74   75 74 73 74   74 74 72 73   73 74 73 74   74 75 74 75
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     W      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    30      20    50      40    50
Rain shwrs        S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C
Tstms             S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C

$$
GAZ065-170800-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          93          73          95          74
Temp                   75 74 77 84 89 88 85 78 76 74 77 86 91 90 86 80 77 76 78
Dewpt                  73 73 73 73 72 72 71 72 73 73 73 74 72 71 72 73 73 73 73
RH                     94 97 87 70 57 59 63 82 90 97 87 68 54 54 63 79 87 90 85
Wind dir               SE  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                3  3  4  6 10 10  9  8  5  4  3  6  8  9  6  5  3  2  2
Clouds                 FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40          10          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                               C  C                 S  C  C
Heat index                      90 96 95 90             94 99 96 92 84
Max heat                           96    95    85          99    98    90


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          98      75    98      75    99      75    98      74    97
Temp          94 88   78 78 95 88   78 79 95 89   79 79 95 88   77 78 94 86
Dewpt         71 71   72 73 71 71   72 73 71 71   73 73 71 71   73 74 72 73
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W     W       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    30      20    50      30    50
Rain shwrs        S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C
Tstms             S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C

$$
GAZ065-170800-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      75          91          76          93          77
Temp                   77 75 77 83 88 89 85 81 77 76 77 85 89 90 86 82 79 78 79
Dewpt                  72 72 73 73 71 70 71 72 73 73 73 73 71 70 70 72 72 73 73
RH                     85 90 87 72 57 54 63 74 87 90 87 67 56 52 59 72 79 85 82
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                5  5  5  6  8  9  8  6  5  5  5  5  6  8  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          10          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C              S  S  C  C
Tstms                               C  C                 S  C  C
Heat index                      89 94 94 90 85          92 95 96 91 87
Max heat                           94    94    89          95    96    90


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          96      77    97      78    97      78    96      77    96
Temp          92 88   80 79 92 88   79 79 93 88   80 80 93 87   80 78 92 85
Dewpt         70 70   72 73 70 70   72 72 71 69   72 72 70 71   73 73 72 72
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W     W       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    30      20    50      30    50
Rain shwrs        S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C
Tstms             S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C

$$
SCZ116-170800-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          91          73          93          75
Temp                   75 73 77 84 88 89 84 78 75 74 77 86 90 92 86 80 77 76 79
Dewpt                  74 73 74 73 72 72 73 72 72 73 74 73 72 71 72 73 73 73 74
RH                     97100 90 70 59 57 70 82 90 97 90 65 56 51 63 79 87 90 85
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                1  1  2  5  8  8  4  3  3  4  5  8  9  8  3  2  2  3  4
Clouds                 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          30          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  S                    S  S
Tstms                               C  S                    S  S
Heat index                      90 95 96 90             93 97 99 92 84
Max heat                           95    96    85          97    99    90


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          96      75    96      75    96      75    96      74    94
Temp          94 86   77 79 94 85   76 79 94 87   78 80 94 84   76 78 91 84
Dewpt         71 72   72 73 71 73   73 74 71 73   74 74 72 73   74 74 73 74
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W       W     W      SE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    30      10    30      20    50      40    50
Rain shwrs        S             C             C    S        C    C     S  C
Tstms             S             C             C    S        C    S        C

$$
SCZ020-170800-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      72          90          73          93          75
Temp                   75 73 75 82 88 88 85 78 76 74 76 85 90 92 86 80 78 76 78
Dewpt                  73 72 73 74 74 73 73 72 73 72 73 75 73 73 72 72 72 71 73
RH                     94 97 94 77 63 61 67 82 90 93 90 72 58 54 63 77 82 85 85
Wind dir               SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW
Wind spd                3  2  3  5  6  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  8  5  4  4  4  5
Clouds                 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          30          10          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  S  S  S        S  S  C  C
Tstms                               C  S  S              S  C  C
Heat index                      89 97 96 92             94 98101 93 84
Max heat                           98    98    86         100   101    90


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          95      75    95      74    96      75    96      74    94
Temp          94 88   78 78 94 87   78 77 94 89   78 78 95 87   77 76 91 84
Dewpt         72 72   71 73 72 73   72 73 72 72   73 73 73 73   73 73 74 74
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     W      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    30      20    50      40    50
Rain shwrs        S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C
Tstms             S             S             C    S        C    S        C

$$
SCZ010-170800-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
1205 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            Fri
EDT 3hrly     17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          92          73          95          75
Temp                   75 73 76 84 89 91 85 78 76 74 76 85 91 92 87 80 78 75 78
Dewpt                  74 73 75 77 76 75 74 74 73 73 75 77 75 74 74 73 73 72 74
RH                     97100 97 80 66 60 70 88 90 97 97 77 60 56 65 79 85 90 88
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                2  2  2  3  5  5  3  3  3  2  2  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds                 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          30          20          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  S  S        S  S  C  C
Tstms                               S  S  S  S           S  C  C
Heat index                      94100102 93             96102102 95 84
Max heat                          100   102    86         102   103    93


Date           07/18  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
EDT 6hrly     14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          97      75    97      75    99      76    98      75    96
Temp          94 88   78 78 95 88   77 78 96 89   79 79 95 88   77 77 94 86
Dewpt         74 74   73 74 75 75   73 75 74 74   73 74 75 74   74 75 76 77
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     W       W     W      SW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10    30      20    50      30    50
Rain shwrs        S             S             C    S        C    C     S  C
Tstms             S             S             C    S        C    C        C

$$