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Weather in Bluffton, South Carolina

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

Bluffton, SC
Sunday, May 17 at 2:43 AM
71
°
Overcast
Feels like
76°
Humidity
90%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
6:25 AM
Sunset
8:15 PM
Bluffton, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
68°
10p
66°
11p
63°
12a
62°
1a
61°
2a
61°
3a
60°
4a
58°
5a
57°
6a
55°
7a
59°
8a
63°
9a
65°
10a
69°
11a
72°
12p
75°
1p
77°
2p
79°
3p
79°
4p
78°
5p
75°
6p
73°
7p
70°
8p
65°
9p
L 55°H 79°
Bluffton, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    83°59°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    85°68°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    83°66°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    84°65°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    88°68°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Drizzle
    88°69°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Partly Cloudy
    32%
    87°69°
Bluffton, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
105° · veering 78°
Direction
ESE
105°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 5
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 5 · pk 16 @ 9:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 78° from the ese.
Bluffton, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.6
-0.6 mb in 3h · steady · 30.02 inHg
Now
1016.6
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
-1.7
mb
24h
-0.4
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161019
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Bluffton, SC
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
9.1 μg/m³
PM 10
13.3 μg/m³
NO₂
2.7 μg/m³
Ozone
94.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Bluffton, SC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:59 AM
Sunrise
6:25 AM
Daylight
13h 50m
Sunset
8:15 PM
Civil dusk
12:43 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Bluffton, SC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:38 AM
Moonset
12:36 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Bluffton, 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 →

Bluffton at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 28 (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 Bluffton

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.