Columbia, SC 29216 Weather

Richland County6:15 PM EDT34.00°N, 81.03°W

Current conditions

Clear
75°
Clear
Feels like 74°
High 74° Wednesday·Low 49° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity24%
Dew point36°
Pressure30.18 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:34 AM
Sunset6:45 PM

Observed at Columbia - Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport · 30 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 49. North wind 2 to 6 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind around 6 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Clear, with a low around 45. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 15 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 71°
  2. 7 PM Clear 67°
  3. 8 PM Clear 66°
  4. 9 PM Clear 62°
  5. 10 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  6. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 57°
  7. Wed12 AM Partly Cloudy 56°
  8. 1 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  9. 2 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  10. 3 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  11. 4 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  12. 5 AM Mostly Clear 51°
  13. 6 AM Sunny 50°
  14. 7 AM Sunny 49°
  15. 8 AM Sunny 49°
  16. 9 AM Sunny 53°
  17. 10 AM Sunny 59°
  18. 11 AM Sunny 63°
  19. 12 PM Sunny 66°
  20. 1 PM Sunny 70°
  21. 2 PM Sunny 72°
  22. 3 PM Sunny 72°
  23. 4 PM Sunny 73°
  24. 5 PM Sunny 72°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny49°76°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny45°74°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny49°75°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny47°72°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny46°67°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny47°72°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny48°76°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy48°79°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy50°73°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy56°74°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

43
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Columbia, SC reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:34 AM
Sunset 6:45 PM
Daylight 11 h 11 min (−1 min 59 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 72% lit
Moonrise 3:43 PM Moonset 1:52 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low75° / 51°
Record high89° (1984)
Record low31° (1992)
Wettest2.17 in (1970)
Yesterday69° / 44°
Month to date1.69 in (normal 2.16 in)

Columbia Area, records since 1887. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in CAE, issued 12 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Temperatures this morning may start a bit cooler than previously forecast.

Key Messages

- 1. Dry weather continues the remainder of this week with temperatures that warm to near normal by the mid week.

Discussion

Key Message 1: Dry weather continues the remainder of this week with temperatures that warm to near normal by the mid week.

The main note over the coming hours toward daybreak is that nearly ideal radiational cooling conditions have setup with most locations seeing calm conditions or light and variable winds under clear skies. This has allowed temperatures to quickly drop into the low to mid 40s, but these may continue to fall a few degrees lower into the upper 30s to lower 40s by daybreak.

After another chilly morning, more of the same expected the remainder of the week. There is fairly high confidence across deterministic and ensemble guidance in the synoptic evolution over the next 4-6 days. Temperatures gradually warm toward the mid to upper 70s over the coming days with high pressure building back in but, by the weekend, a deep trough is expected to dig in across the western CONUS. This should amplify the downstream features, being the ridge over the central part of the country and troughing across the east. Increased troughing this weekend should yield temperatures perhaps slightly below normal, but there is high confidence in the airmass remaining quite moisture-starved with LREF probabilities for dewpoints reaching above 50F below 20% majority of the forecast period. Greater uncertainty in the current pattern does not enter until early next week, but even then, chances for deeper moisture to advect into the region remains low.

Aviation

VFR conditions likely through the next 24 hours.

Strong high pressure over the region will keep northerly flow in place with clear skies. Light winds early this morning will pick back up around 7 to 10 knots after 15z from the north to northeast. These winds will continue through the afternoon, becoming light and variable around sunset. We cannot totally rule out a few gusts near 16 kts from 15z-19z but they should be intermittent. Fog not expected to be a concern given the very dry air mass in place.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...Significant aviation concerns unlikely through Saturday.

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