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Weather in Garden City, South Carolina

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Garden City, SC
Sunday, May 17 at 4:11 AM
68
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
78%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
6:13 AM
Sunset
8:11 PM
Garden City, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
62°
12a
61°
1a
58°
2a
56°
3a
54°
4a
52°
5a
50°
6a
51°
7a
55°
8a
60°
9a
63°
10a
66°
11a
69°
12p
72°
1p
73°
2p
71°
3p
72°
4p
71°
5p
70°
6p
69°
7p
66°
8p
64°
9p
64°
10p
63°
11p
L 50°H 73°
Garden City, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 17
    Overcast
    83°65°
  2. Monday
    May 18
    Partly Cloudy
    79°66°
  3. Tuesday
    May 19
    Clear
    82°67°
  4. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    85°68°
  5. Thursday
    May 21
    Clear
    16%
    85°69°
  6. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    45%
    83°70°
  7. Saturday
    May 23
    Light Drizzle
    39%
    84°72°
Garden City, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
157° · backing 68°
Direction
SSE
157°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 7
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 7 · pk 16 @ 7:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 68° from the sse.
Garden City, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1019.1
0.0 mb in 3h · falling · 30.09 inHg
Now
1019.1
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
-0.9
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181022
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Garden City, SC
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
6.3 μg/m³
PM 10
8.6 μg/m³
NO₂
2.1 μg/m³
Ozone
93.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Garden City, SC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:48 AM
Sunrise
6:13 AM
Daylight
13h 58m
Sunset
8:11 PM
Civil dusk
12:38 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Garden City, SC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:26 AM
Moonset
12:31 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Garden City, SC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

insect
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Garden City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of May 17, 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 Garden 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.