Dunbar, South Carolina Weather
Dunbar, 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 Dunbar, Marlboro County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dunbar. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dunbar is published on the Marlboro County Jetport - H E Avent Field Airport (KBBP) page, 19 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 Dunbar 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 Dunbar: Dillon County Airport (KDLC) 20 km · Darlington County Airport (KUDG) 32 km · Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB) 34 km · Cheraw Municipal Airport/Lynch Bellinger Field (KCQW) 41 km · Florence Regional Airport (KFLO) 42 km
Conditions reported at KBBP describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dunbar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dunbar.
About Dunbar, South Carolina
Dunbar rests on a gently rolling landscape, where the sandy loam of Marlboro County yields to the persistent embrace of pine and scrub oak. It lies 26.0 miles north-north-east of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 26°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-east of Bennettsville. The air here carries the dry, resinous scent of those pines, especially when the sun, a molten disc in the late afternoon, begins its slow descent, casting long, attenuated shadows across the fields. The terrain is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet resilience, a subtle undulation that speaks of ancient drainage patterns and the patient work of wind and water. In the dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy, one can almost feel the soft, yielding texture of the earth beneath one's feet, a testament to the region's agricultural heritage. The history of Dunbar is deeply entwined with the agricultural cycles of the Pee Dee region, its economy once anchored by the cultivation of cotton and tobacco, crops that shaped the very character of the land. Though those days have largely receded, the echoes of that past linger in the weathered barns and the broad, open fields that still define the horizon. Today, a more diversified economy, one that embraces light industry and services, sustains Dunbar, yet the rhythm of life here retains a certain unhurried quality, a deference to the natural world. The nearby waterways, though not grand rivers, offer quiet reflections of the sky and the surrounding foliage, their gentle currents a constant, murmuring presence that has witnessed generations come and go.
Live animated radar for Dunbar 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 | Dunbar, Marlboro County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.533772°N, 79.561164°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29525, 29440 |
| Area Code | 843, 854, 864 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dunbar, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dunbar, 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 Dunbar includes coordinates 34.533772°N, 79.561164°W, situated in Marlboro County. ZIP code 29525, 29440. Telephone area code: 843, 854, 864. 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.
