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Weather in Lake City, South Carolina

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

Lake City, SC
Sunday, May 17 at 5:58 AM
64
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
63°
Humidity
69%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
6:16 AM
Sunset
8:14 PM
Lake City, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
57°
1a
55°
2a
53°
3a
51°
4a
49°
5a
46°
6a
46°
7a
53°
8a
59°
9a
64°
10a
67°
11a
70°
12p
73°
1p
75°
2p
78°
3p
79°
4p
80°
5p
79°
6p
78°
7p
72°
8p
64°
9p
60°
10p
57°
11p
56°
12a
L 46°H 80°
Lake City, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 17
    Overcast
    93°61°
  2. Monday
    May 18
    Clear
    92°65°
  3. Tuesday
    May 19
    Partly Cloudy
    93°63°
  4. Wednesday
    May 20
    Clear
    94°64°
  5. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    49%
    93°67°
  6. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    74%
    89°67°
  7. Saturday
    May 23
    Light Drizzle
    69%
    93°67°
Lake City, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
172° · veering 26°
Direction
S
172°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
15
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 15 @ 10:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 26° from the s.
Lake City, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.8
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.03 inHg
Now
1016.8
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
+0.5
mb
24h
-1.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161020
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Lake City, SC
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
5.7 μg/m³
PM 10
7.7 μg/m³
NO₂
2.3 μg/m³
Ozone
84.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Lake City, SC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:50 AM
Sunrise
6:16 AM
Daylight
13h 58m
Sunset
8:14 PM
Civil dusk
12:43 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lake City, SC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:28 AM
Moonset
12:36 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Lake 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 →

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: 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 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.