I-26 @ I-126SC011
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/210 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Beaches/South Carolina/Kayaker's Beach
Kayaker's Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Richland County, South Carolina66°
87°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Light air 3 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 64° after 87° today.
Now. Kayaker's Beach is 66° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. Rain is possible tomorrow (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:59 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
57Air quality
94%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8765
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6456
38%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6145
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6646
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7249
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7450
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7351
UV 6
66°
87°65°
64°56°
61°45°
66°46°
72°49°
74°50°
73°51°
As of 7:00 AM in Kayaker's Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Kayaker's Beach
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 11 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate8.9 mi
- Ozone22Good7 ppb8.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good8.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good9 ppb14.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb8.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm8.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 87, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 87YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kayaker's Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Kayaker's Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Richland County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 34.0095° N
- Longitude
- 81.0791° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Kayaker's Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
USGS Raingage Nr Usps Office At Five Points340000081005545
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/220 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/5.2 mi away/226 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station K4NSC-13K4NSC-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/165 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West Columbia 1.1 NESC-LX-176
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/199 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cedar CRKBLYS1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/269 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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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 Kayaker's Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Columbiacity, 1 mi
- Columbiacity, 3 mi
- St. Andrewscommunity, 3 mi
- Caycecity, 3 mi
- Olympiacommunity, 4 mi
- Springdaletown, 4 mi
- Seven Oakscommunity, 4 mi
- Oak Grovecommunity, 4 mi
- Arthurtowncommunity, 6 mi
- Forest Acrescity, 6 mi
- Pine Ridgetown, 7 mi
- Arcadia Lakestown, 7 mi
Beaches near Kayaker's Beach
- Sandy Beach14 mi
- Redbank Park Beach57 mi
- Pitcairn Cove Beach Park70 mi
- Sailing Beach76 mi
- White Point Beach78 mi
- Clifton Park and Beach79 mi
- Sunrise Park Beach110 mi
- Lever Beach110 mi