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Swansea, South Carolina Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Swansea, SC
Thursday, June 4 at 2:35 AM
67
°
Clear
Feels like
65°
Humidity
43%
Wind
0 mph
Sunrise
6:14 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM
Swansea, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSwansea, SC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 85°
Swansea, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    79°56°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    85°59°+6°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°61°+5°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    88°65°-2°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    90°67°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    48%
    91°70°+1°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    34%
    81°69°-10°
Swansea, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
000° · backing 18°
Direction
N
000°
Sustained
0
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 5
Beaufort · 0 · CALM
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 5 · pk 15 @ 10:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 105SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The air is still. Smoke rises straight up.
Swansea, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.6
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.84 inHg
Now
1010.6
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
-0.4
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10101015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.61010.31011.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Swansea, SC
Air quality
52
AQI
Good
+4 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 38 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
10μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
81μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.9 µg/m³ (AQI 27) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 0 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Swansea, SC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
92.8mi
UNLIMITED
147 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
02:35 UTC ·Swansea, 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
02:35 UTC ·Swansea, SC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Swansea, SC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Swansea, SC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Swansea, SC
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:47 AM
Sunrise
6:14 AM
Daylight
14h 16m
Sunset
8:30 PM
Civil dusk
1:00 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Swansea, SC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:34 AM
Moonset
1:42 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Swansea, SC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Swansea at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 9 (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 4, 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 Swansea

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.