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Lake City, South Carolina Weather

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

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

Lake City, SC
Thursday, June 4 at 2:29 AM
67
°
Clear
Feels like
63°
Humidity
41%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Lake City, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake City, SC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 87°
Lake City, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Mostly Clear
    82°48°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    87°56°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    94°60°+7°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    90°65°-4°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    92°66°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    56%
    95°69°+3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    35%
    82°68°-13°
Lake City, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
156° · veering 77°
Direction
SSE
156°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 6
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 6 · pk 17 @ 10:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 198SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 77° from the sse.
Lake City, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.4
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 30.07 inHg
Now
1018.4
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-1.4
mb
24h
-0.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181022
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1022.31018.31020.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Lake City, SC
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
+3 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 37 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 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
5.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
79μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 37 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 37
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.2 µg/m³ (AQI 29) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Lake City, SC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
86.4mi
UNLIMITED
138 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
02:29 UTC ·Lake City, 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
02:29 UTC ·Lake City, SC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Lake City, SC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake City, SC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake City, SC
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:41 AM
Sunrise
6:08 AM
Daylight
14h 17m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
12:55 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Lake City, SC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
3:29 AM
Moonset
1:36 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Lake City, SC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 10 (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 Lake City

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.