At an airfield/3.0 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Horry County, South Carolina70°
64°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Now. Myrtle Beach is 70° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 54° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:48 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
84%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6459
90%
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
6446
19mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6750
17mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7051
13mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7154
14mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7053
12mph
Fri
Oct 23
7253
clear day
70°
64°59°
64°46°
67°50°
70°51°
71°54°
70°53°
72°53°
As of 6:00 AM in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Myrtle Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 10 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate10.1 mi
- Ozone25Good26 ppb10.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Myrtle Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 5 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 Myrtle Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 128°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Horry.
Today
- Rip current risk
- North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low
- Surf height
- North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- Low
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Horry, including Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, Atlantic Beach, Windy Hill, Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, and Garden City. Issued 3:02 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low |
| Surf height | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet | North of Myrtle Beach 1 footMyrtle Beach South 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Showers likely | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | North winds 15 to 20 mph | North winds around 20 mph |
| Remarks | None | Moderate north to south longshore current |
| Tides | Springmaid PierLow, 6:17 AMHigh, 1:04 PM | Springmaid PierLow, 7:09 AMHigh, 1:57 PM |
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Horry County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.6914° N
- Longitude
- 78.8792° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Myrtle Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Springmaid PierNDBC-MROS1
At a harbour/3.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW6812FW6812
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Myrtle Beach 1.0 WSWSC-HR-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Myrtle BeachMYBS1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Myrtle Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Forestbrookcommunity, 5 mi
- Carolina Forestcommunity, 5 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 6 mi
- Surfside Beachtown, 8 mi
- Red Hillcommunity, 10 mi
- Garden Citycommunity, 10 mi
- Briarcliffe Acrestown, 10 mi
- Atlantic Beachtown, 12 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 13 mi
- Murrells Inletcommunity, 14 mi
- Conwaycity, 14 mi
- North Myrtle Beachcity, 14 mi
Beaches near Myrtle Beach
- Withers Swash1 mi
- Deephead Swash3 mi
- Springmaid Beach3 mi
- Midway Swash3 mi
- Pebble Beach4 mi
- Canepatch Swash4 mi
- Myrtle Beach State Park5 mi
- State Park Beach5 mi