Boykin, South Carolina Weather
Boykin, South Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Boykin, Marlboro County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Boykin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Boykin is published on the Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport (KBBP) page, 15 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Boykin have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Boykin: Richmond County Airport (KRCZ) 20 km · Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB) 26 km · Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field (KCQW) 29 km · Darlington County Airport (KUDG) 39 km · Dillon County Airport (KDLC) 40 km
Conditions reported at KBBP describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boykin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boykin.
About Boykin, South Carolina
Boykin rests in a low-lying pocket of Marlboro County, where the land begins its slow surrender to the coastal plain. It lies 37.7 miles north of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 10°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-north-east of Bennettsville. The air here is thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, a perpetual humidity that clings to the skin like a second garment. Great stands of cypress, their knees like ancient knuckles, rise from the shallow, tea-colored waters of the surrounding swamps and sloughs, their branches draped with Spanish moss that sways with an almost imperceptible breath. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy in shifting, ethereal shafts, illuminating the occasional flash of a wading bird or the silent glide of a water moccasin. The terrain itself is a gentle, yielding expanse, a landscape of subtle slopes and meandering waterways that have shaped the character of this place as surely as any human hand. The history of Boykin is intimately tied to the bounty and challenges of its watery environment. For generations, logging and fishing formed the backbone of its economy, the rhythm of life dictated by the rising and falling of the water levels and the turning of the seasons. The echoes of its past are subtle, not shouted from grand monuments, but whispered in the weathered planks of old fishing camps and the stoic silence of the dense woods. While the grander industries have shifted, a deep connection to the land persists, a quiet pride in the enduring spirit of this particular corner of South Carolina. The quality of the light at dusk here, a deep, bruised purple that softens the edges of the world, seems to hold a particular kind of stillness, a reflection of the enduring, unhurried pace of life that defines Boykin.
Live animated radar for Boykin and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Boykin, Marlboro County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.732658°N, 79.644224°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29570, 29128 |
| Area Code | 843, 854, 803 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boykin, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boykin, South Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Boykin includes coordinates 34.732658°N, 79.644224°W, situated in Marlboro County. ZIP code 29570, 29128. Telephone area code: 843, 854, 803. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
