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National Weather Service Columbia SC
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

SCZ027-082000-
Columbia Metropolitan Airport-Lexington SC
33.95N  81.12W Elev. 225 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      76          58          79          62          84
Temp                66 72 74 71 63 61 60 63 68 74 77 75 68 65 63 64 75 81 83 78
Dewpt               49 49 50 54 53 56 58 60 64 65 65 66 65 64 62 63 66 65 64 66
RH                  54 44 43 55 70 84 93 90 87 74 67 74 90 97 97 97 74 58 53 67
Wind dir            NE  E  S  S SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW  S
Wind spd             4  2  1  1  2  2  3  3  4  6  8  3  2  1  1  1  2  3  4  2
Clouds              B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.11        0.07        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  S           C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S                       S  S  S
Heat index                                                             83 84
Max heat                                                               83    84


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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    82      54    75      53    81      58    82
Temp          66 66 78 73   60 55 71 69   57 58 78 75   63 60 78 75
Dewpt         65 64 65 61   52 46 48 51   50 52 55 57   56 54 54 54
PWind dir        SW    NW       N    NE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC FW CL   CL CL FW SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    80      20     0       0    10      20     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  D    S                           S
Tstms          S        C    S                           S

$$
SCZ028-082000-
Columbia Owens Downtown Airport-Richland SC
33.97N  80.98W Elev. 212 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      75          58          79          61          84
Temp                66 73 75 70 63 60 60 62 68 73 77 75 68 64 62 64 74 80 83 77
Dewpt               48 48 48 53 53 56 57 60 64 64 64 65 64 64 62 63 66 65 63 65
RH                  52 41 38 55 70 87 90 93 87 73 64 71 87100100 97 76 60 51 67
Wind dir            NE  E  S SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  N  N  N  W SW SW  S
Wind spd             4  2  1  1  2  2  2  3  4  6  6  3  1  0  0  0  2  3  3  2
Clouds              SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.10        0.06        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  S           C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S                       S  S  S
Heat index                                                             82 84
Max heat                                                               82    84


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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    81      54    74      53    81      58    81
Temp          66 66 78 72   59 54 71 69   56 57 77 75   63 60 78 75
Dewpt         65 64 64 61   52 46 47 50   49 52 54 56   56 54 52 53
PWind dir        SW    NW       N    NE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC FW CL   CL CL FW SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    80      20     0       0    10      20     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  D    S                           S
Tstms          S        C    S                           S

$$
SCZ031-082000-
Shaw Air Force Base-Sumter SC
33.97N  80.47W Elev. 242 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      75          59          78          62          84
Temp                66 72 74 70 63 61 60 62 68 73 77 74 67 64 62 64 75 81 83 77
Dewpt               48 47 48 52 53 57 58 61 65 65 65 66 65 64 62 63 67 65 64 66
RH                  52 41 40 53 70 87 93 97 90 76 67 76 93100100 97 76 58 53 69
Wind dir            NE NE SE  N SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  N  N  N SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  2  1  0  2  2  3  4  6  9  8  2  1  0  0  0  1  3  4  2
Clouds              SC SC B2 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1 OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.13        0.10        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  S     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S     S                 S  S  S
Heat index                                                             83 84
Max heat                                                               83    84


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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    81      53    73      53    80      58    80
Temp          67 67 78 72   59 54 70 67   55 57 77 74   63 60 78 74
Dewpt         65 65 65 61   53 47 47 50   50 53 54 57   57 55 53 54
PWind dir        SW    NW       N    NE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC FW CL   CL CL FW SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    80      30     0       0    10      20     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  D    C                           S
Tstms          S        C    S                           S

$$
SCZ136-082000-
Orangeburg Municipal Airport-Orangeburg SC
33.45N  80.85W Elev. 197 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      76          58          77          61          83
Temp                67 72 75 71 64 60 60 62 68 72 76 74 67 64 62 63 73 79 82 76
Dewpt               48 48 47 52 55 58 59 61 64 65 65 66 65 64 62 63 66 64 63 66
RH                  50 42 37 51 73 93 96 97 87 79 69 76 93100100100 79 60 53 71
Wind dir            NE  E  N  N SE  N  N  S SW SW SW SW  N  N  N  N  N SW SW SW
Wind spd             8  3  0  0  4  0  0  3  6  8  9  3  0  0  0  0  0  4  5  4
Clouds              SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          50          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.21        0.14        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S  S  S                 C  C  S
Heat index                                                                83
Max heat                                                                     83


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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          63    81      53    74      53    81      58    81
Temp          66 65 78 73   60 55 71 68   55 56 77 74   62 60 78 75
Dewpt         65 65 64 62   54 47 46 49   51 53 53 56   57 55 52 53
PWind dir        SW     W       N    NE       N    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   CL CL FW SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    70      30     0       0    10      10     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  L    C
Tstms          S     S  C    S

$$
GAZ065-082000-
August Regional Airport at Bush Field-Richmond GA
33.37N  81.97W Elev. 148 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      77          57          78          59          83
Temp                68 74 76 71 64 61 60 62 68 74 77 74 67 64 60 63 74 81 82 76
Dewpt               52 50 50 56 56 57 59 61 64 65 64 66 65 64 60 63 66 65 63 66
RH                  57 43 40 59 75 87 96 97 87 74 64 76 93100100100 76 58 53 71
Wind dir             E  E  S  N  N  N  S  S SW SW SW SW  N  N  N  N  N SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  3  3  0  0  0  2  1  5  8  9  3  0  0  0  0  0  4  6  4
Clouds              SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          40          60          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.18        0.16        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  S  S  S  S                    S  C  S
Heat index                                                             83 83
Max heat                                                               83    84


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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    82      52    76      53    81      58    82
Temp          65 65 80 74   61 55 73 70   56 56 79 75   62 60 80 75
Dewpt         64 64 64 61   53 47 47 51   50 53 54 57   55 54 52 54
PWind dir        SW     W       N    NE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   SC SC FW CL   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    60      10     0       0     5      10     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L
Tstms          S     S  C

$$
GAZ065-082000-
Augusta Daniel Field-Richmond GA
33.47N  82.03W Elev. 423 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      75          61          77          63          82
Temp                67 73 75 71 65 63 62 62 67 73 77 74 67 65 63 65 74 80 82 76
Dewpt               50 49 49 53 53 56 59 61 62 63 63 64 64 64 63 64 65 63 62 65
RH                  54 43 40 53 65 78 90 97 84 71 62 71 90 97100 97 74 56 51 69
Wind dir             E  E  S  N SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  N  N  N  W SW SW  S
Wind spd             6  3  1  0  3  4  4  5  5  6  6  4  3  0  0  0  2  4  4  4
Clouds              SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          40          50          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.17        0.15        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  C  S     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  S  S  S                       S  C  S
Heat index                                                             81 83
Max heat                                                               81    83


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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    81      55    75      55    82      59    82
Temp          67 66 79 74   61 56 72 69   57 57 78 75   63 61 79 75
Dewpt         64 65 62 59   51 46 45 48   49 52 53 55   54 54 50 51
PWind dir        SW     W       N    NE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B2   SC SC FW CL   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    60      10     0       0    10      20     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L                                S
Tstms          S     S  C                                S

$$
SCZ116-082000-
Lancaster County Airport-Lancaster SC
34.72N  80.86W Elev. 486 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      72          55          77          59          82
Temp                63 70 72 66 58 56 56 59 67 74 77 73 64 61 59 61 73 80 82 75
Dewpt               42 43 43 49 48 50 54 58 60 59 59 60 61 61 59 61 62 59 58 61
RH                  46 38 35 54 69 80 93 96 78 59 54 64 90100100100 68 49 44 62
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N  N  N  S  S SW SW SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  S SW  N
Wind spd             5  0  0  0  0  0  3  4  8 10  9  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  2  0
Clouds              SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.03        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S              S  S        S  S  C
Tstms                                                                      S
Heat index                                                             81 82
Max heat                                                               81    82


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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          62    77      49    71      51    77      54    77
Temp          64 64 74 68   55 50 69 65   54 54 74 71   59 56 75 71
Dewpt         62 64 59 55   46 45 42 47   46 51 51 54   53 54 49 51
PWind dir         N    NW       N     N       S    SW       W     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   SC SC CL CL   CL FW SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    70      20     0       0    20      20     5
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  L    S                      S    S
Tstms                   C                           S    S

$$
SCZ020-082000-
Newberry County Airport-Newberry SC
34.30N  81.64W Elev. 570 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      73          56          77          59          82
Temp                64 71 73 67 60 58 58 60 66 73 77 73 64 62 60 62 73 80 82 75
Dewpt               46 47 48 53 52 53 55 58 61 61 61 63 62 62 60 61 63 61 61 64
RH                  52 42 41 61 75 83 90 93 84 66 58 71 93100100 97 71 52 49 69
Wind dir             E SE  S SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             4  2  2  1  2  3  4  4  6  8  8  3  3  2  2  1  2  3  3  2
Clouds              SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.03        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S           S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S
Heat index                                                             80 83
Max heat                                                               81    83


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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    78      50    72      52    78      55    78
Temp          64 64 76 70   56 51 70 66   54 55 76 72   60 57 76 72
Dewpt         63 62 61 59   49 45 44 51   49 51 53 57   54 53 51 54
PWind dir        SW    NW       N    NE       S    SW       W     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B2   SC SC FW CL   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    70      20     0       5    20      10     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L    S                      S
Tstms                   C                           S

$$
SCZ010-082000-
McCormick County Airport-McCormick SC
33.92N  82.30W Elev. 459 ft
906 AM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Date             Fri 05/08/26            Sat 05/09/26            Sun 05/10/26
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                      76          57          79          60          84
Temp                68 74 76 70 61 59 59 60 68 74 78 73 65 62 61 62 75 81 83 77
Dewpt               50 50 51 56 54 55 58 60 64 64 64 65 64 62 61 62 66 64 63 66
RH                  52 43 42 61 78 87 96100 87 71 62 76 97100100100 74 56 51 69
Wind dir             E SE  S  N  N SE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  N  N  N  W SW SW SW
Wind spd             3  2  2  0  0  1  2  2  3  4  4  1  1  0  0  0  1  3  3  1
Clouds              B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.10        0.12        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  S     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S                       S  S
Heat index                                                             83 84
Max heat                                                               83    84


Date          Mon 05/11/26  Tue 05/12/26  Wed 05/13/26  Thu 05/14/26
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          62    81      52    75      53    80      56    81
Temp          64 64 79 72   58 53 73 69   55 56 78 74   60 58 79 74
Dewpt         64 64 63 60   50 45 46 52   50 53 55 58   55 54 52 56
PWind dir        SW    NW       N    NE       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B2   SC SC FW CL   CL CL FW FW   FW CL FW CL
PoP 12hr         40    60      10     0       0     5      10     0
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L
Tstms                   C

$$