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Great Falls, South Carolina Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Great Falls weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Great Falls, SC
Wednesday, June 3 at 7:48 PM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
76°
Humidity
32%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
6:11 AM
Sunset
8:32 PM
Great Falls, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGreat Falls, SC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 81°
Great Falls, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    76°51°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    83°56°+7°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°59°+7°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    89°62°-1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    93°65°+4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    44%
    86°69°-7°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    0.02″
    80°60°-6°
Great Falls, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
063° · veering 136°
Direction
ENE
063°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 3
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 3 · pk 12 @ 2:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 133SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 136° from the ene.
Great Falls, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.1
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.77 inHg
Now
1008.1
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
-0.4
mb
24h
+2.8
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061011
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.51005.51008.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Great Falls, SC
Air quality
44
AQI
Moderate
+6 in 6hPeak ~68 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
4.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
123μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 76
UV peak
6.5 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 76

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.7 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.84
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Great Falls, SC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
133.3mi
UNLIMITED
139 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
19:48 UTC ·Great Falls, SC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
19:48 UTC ·Great Falls, SC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Great Falls, SC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Great Falls, SC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Great Falls, SC
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:43 AM
Sunrise
6:11 AM
Daylight
14h 21m
Sunset
8:32 PM
Civil dusk
1:02 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Great Falls, SC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
2:55 AM
Moonset
12:39 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Great Falls, SC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Great Falls at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Great Falls

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.