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National Weather Service Columbia SC
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

SCZ027-092000-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          60          84          63          87
Temp                70 80 82 76 67 63 62 62 73 81 83 77 70 68 65 65 76 85 87 81
Dewpt               63 60 55 55 56 56 59 61 64 65 65 64 65 65 64 64 66 64 61 61
RH                  78 51 40 48 68 78 90 97 73 58 55 64 84 90 97 97 71 50 42 51
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             4  8  8  2  2  2  2  2  4  8  6  3  2  2  2  3  6 11 11  6
Wind gust                                                                 21
Clouds              SC FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S
Heat index             81                      83 85                   86 87 82
Max heat               81    82                83    85                86    87


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          64    72      41    68      48    76      52    81
Temp          71 64 67 57   46 42 64 62   54 50 73 69   57 53 78 74
Dewpt         62 61 49 34   31 30 35 41   43 43 44 44   47 50 55 55
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE     S      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW CL   CL FW FW CL   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              C  L  C    S                                    S
Tstms                   S

$$
SCZ028-092000-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          60          84          63          87
Temp                70 80 81 74 67 63 62 62 72 81 83 77 71 67 65 64 75 85 87 81
Dewpt               62 58 54 54 55 56 58 60 63 64 63 63 65 64 63 63 65 63 60 60
RH                  76 47 39 50 65 78 87 93 73 56 51 62 81 90 93 97 71 48 40 49
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             4  6  6  2  2  1  2  2  4  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  5 10 11  5
Clouds              FW SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                        S  S
Heat index             81 81                   83 84                   86 87 82
Max heat               81    81                83    84                86    87


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          64    72      41    68      48    76      52    80
Temp          71 64 66 56   46 42 64 62   54 50 73 69   57 53 77 74
Dewpt         61 61 47 33   30 30 34 40   42 42 42 44   46 49 53 54
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE     S      SW     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   CL FW FW CL   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              C  L  L    S                                    S
Tstms                   S

$$
SCZ031-092000-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      83          60          85          63          88
Temp                70 80 83 74 66 63 62 62 73 81 84 77 70 67 65 64 75 85 87 80
Dewpt               63 60 55 55 55 56 58 60 63 63 63 65 65 65 64 64 66 64 61 62
RH                  78 51 38 51 68 78 87 93 71 54 49 67 84 93 97100 74 50 42 54
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             5  8  8  2  1  2  2  3  4  8  6  2  3  3  3  4  8 11 11  6
Clouds              SC SC FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          50           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S
Heat index             80                      83 84                   86 87 80
Max heat               81    83                83    85                86    88
Dense Fog


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          64    73      41    67      48    76      52    80
Temp          70 64 68 55   46 42 63 61   53 49 72 67   55 53 77 72
Dewpt         63 62 50 35   32 31 36 42   44 43 43 44   47 49 54 56
PWind dir         S    NW      NE    SE      SW     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   CL FW FW CL   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              S  L  L    S                                    S
Tstms                   S

$$
SCZ136-092000-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      83          61          84          63          87
Temp                70 79 83 75 67 64 63 62 72 80 83 77 69 66 65 64 74 84 86 79
Dewpt               62 58 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 62 61 63 64 64 63 62 64 62 59 61
RH                  76 49 40 54 73 84 90 97 73 54 47 62 84 93 93 93 71 48 40 54
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             5  8  8  2  2  2  2  2  5  8  8  3  2  2  3  3  8 12 12  8
Clouds              SC SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          50           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.15           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S
Heat index                                     81 83                   85
Max heat                     82                81    83                85    87


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          64    73      41    68      48    77      52    80
Temp          70 64 68 57   46 42 63 62   52 49 73 68   56 53 76 72
Dewpt         62 61 51 38   34 33 36 42   45 44 43 46   49 50 53 55
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE    SE      SW     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              S  L  L    S                                    S
Tstms                   S

$$
GAZ065-092000-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      84          61          85          62          88
Temp                69 81 84 76 67 64 63 63 72 82 84 77 69 66 64 64 74 85 87 80
Dewpt               61 58 55 57 59 59 60 61 63 62 62 63 64 63 63 61 64 60 57 59
RH                  76 46 37 52 75 84 90 93 73 51 48 62 84 90 97 90 71 43 36 49
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  S SW  W SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             4  8  8  2  1  1  1  1  4  8  9  3  2  1  2  2  6 13 12  8
Clouds              SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          30          30           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  S
Heat index             81                      83 85                   85    81
Max heat               81    83                83    86                85    87


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          64    71      41    71      47    79      52    82
Temp          71 64 68 57   46 42 65 63   52 49 75 69   56 54 78 73
Dewpt         61 60 48 38   33 32 35 41   43 43 44 46   49 50 53 53
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE    SE       W    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW CL   CL FW CL CL   CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         30    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              C  L  C    S                                    S
Tstms                   S

$$
GAZ065-092000-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          64          83          65          86
Temp                68 79 82 77 70 68 65 64 71 80 82 78 73 70 67 65 74 83 86 81
Dewpt               61 58 54 55 57 59 60 61 63 62 61 62 63 63 63 62 62 59 57 58
RH                  78 49 38 47 63 73 84 90 76 54 49 58 71 78 87 90 66 44 37 46
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  S SW  W SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             5  6  6  3  2  2  2  2  4  6  6  3  2  3  3  4  6 10 10  8
Clouds              B1 FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          40          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C
Heat index                                     81 83                   83    81
Max heat                     81                81    83                83    85


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          65    69      44    69      50    77      55    80
Temp          72 65 65 58   49 44 64 65   56 51 74 72   60 55 77 76
Dewpt         60 60 47 36   31 31 35 39   42 43 43 44   48 50 52 51
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE     S       W     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW CL   CL FW CL CL   CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              C  L  C    S                                    S
Tstms                   S

$$
SCZ116-092000-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      79          59          82          64          84
Temp                67 76 79 71 63 60 59 59 71 80 81 75 69 66 65 64 75 82 84 78
Dewpt               60 54 49 50 51 54 55 57 62 62 61 62 63 64 63 64 66 63 59 58
RH                  78 46 35 47 65 81 87 93 73 54 51 64 81 93 93100 74 53 43 50
Wind dir             W  W  W  W SW  S SW SE SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             4  6  6  1  1  1  1  2  5  8  6  2  2  2  2  3  9 12 11  8
Clouds              SC FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          40           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  C  C  C  C
Heat index                                     81 82                   83 84
Max heat                                       81    83                83    85


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          61    66      38    65      45    74      50    78
Temp          70 61 60 53   42 39 62 58   51 46 71 65   54 51 75 70
Dewpt         60 59 42 29   29 28 29 34   39 39 39 40   43 46 51 50
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE     S       W    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2 B1   FW FW FW FW   CL FW SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              C  L  C    S                                    S
Tstms             S

$$
SCZ020-092000-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      80          59          81          62          83
Temp                67 77 80 71 64 62 61 61 70 78 81 75 68 66 64 64 73 81 83 77
Dewpt               61 56 52 54 55 56 58 60 64 64 63 64 64 64 63 63 66 63 59 60
RH                  81 48 38 55 73 81 90 97 81 62 54 69 87 93 97 97 79 54 44 56
Wind dir             W  W  W  W SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             5  8  8  3  2  2  3  3  5  9  6  3  3  3  3  4  8 13 12  6
Clouds              SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S
Heat index                80                      82                   82 83
Max heat                     80                      83                83    84


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          60    67      39    66      46    74      51    78
Temp          70 60 61 52   44 41 62 60   52 48 71 65   55 52 75 71
Dewpt         60 59 42 32   30 30 32 38   41 41 42 44   44 48 53 53
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE     S      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   CL FW FW CL   CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         40    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              C  L  C    S                                    S

$$
SCZ010-092000-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
806 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      81          60          81          62          85
Temp                67 78 81 71 64 62 61 61 70 79 81 75 67 65 63 63 74 83 85 78
Dewpt               62 60 57 57 57 59 60 61 65 66 65 66 65 65 63 63 66 64 61 61
RH                  84 54 44 61 78 90 97100 84 64 58 74 93100100100 76 53 45 56
Wind dir             W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             3  5  4  2  1  1  1  2  3  5  4  2  1  1  2  2  4  9  8  3
Wind gust                                                                 19
Clouds              SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          40          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  S
Heat index                81                      83                   84 85
Max heat                     81                      83                84    86


Date          Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    69      40    68      47    77      51    80
Temp          69 59 64 54   45 41 64 61   52 48 73 67   56 52 77 71
Dewpt         61 59 46 37   31 31 36 42   42 42 46 47   47 49 55 55
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE     S       W    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   FW FW FW CL   CL FW CL CL   CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         50    70      20     5       0     0       5    20
Rain              C  L  C    S                                    S

$$