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Rains, South Carolina Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Rains, SC
Friday, June 5 at 12:37 AM
77
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
29%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
6:06 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Rains, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRains, SC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 91°
Rains, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    85°53°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    91°60°+6°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    92°64°+1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    93°65°+1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    30%
    95°70°+2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Showers
    17%
    81°67°-14°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    12%
    0.02″
    82°69°+1°
Rains, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
231° · backing 115°
Direction
SW
231°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
14
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 14 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 191SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Rains, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.2
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 30.01 inHg
Now
1016.2
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-2.7
mb
24h
-2.8
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151021
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1020.61014.91017.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Rains, SC
Air quality
74
AQI
Good
+30 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 49 now. AQI up 30 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.1 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
103μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 49 now. With UV 0.1 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 49
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 12

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.9 µg/m³ (AQI 33) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Rains, SC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
116.0mi
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
00:37 UTC ·Rains, 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
00:37 UTC ·Rains, SC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Rains, SC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rains, SC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rains, SC
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:38 AM
Sunrise
6:06 AM
Daylight
14h 19m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
12:55 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Rains, SC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
4:02 AM
Moonset
2:35 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Rains, SC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Rains at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 12 (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 5, 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.

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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.