Storm Station
Newtown, South Carolina
57°
Clear· Feels like 57°·Calm 1 mph NW
Clear, with a low around 51. North wind around 1 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
71%Humidity
2%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Newtown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Marion RAWSMRWS1

A remote fire weather station/15.0 mi away/84 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank80of 378

MarionMAO

At an airfield/15.3 mi away/92 ft/19 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank19of 378

Pee DeeS2037

At a soil climate station/22.6 mi away/120 ft/9 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Latta 3.1 ESC-DL-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/103 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MullinsMULS1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/141 ft/30 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Marion, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from Newtown. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marion, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARIONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMarion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MAOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MAO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Marion: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAOFIG. B THE AIR AT MARIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.2 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEMarion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MAO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Marion, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAOFIG. C THE WIND AT MARIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MAO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in South Carolina

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Near Newtown

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