Forest Acres, South Carolina Weather
Forest Acres, South Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Forest Acres, Orangeburg County.
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About Forest Acres, South Carolina
Forest Acres in Orangeburg County unfolds as a landscape of subtle, rolling terrain, where the humid South Carolina air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 33.7 miles south-south-east of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 163°T), and is situated 3.0 miles north of Orangeburg. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, casts a golden haze through the dense canopy of mature trees that give the locality its name, dappling the occasional stretch of well-tended lawn and the quiet, winding roads. Here, the land breathes with a slow, deliberate pulse, a place where the deep green of summer foliage seems to absorb sound, muffling the world into a hushed, verdant embrace. The history of Forest Acres is intimately tied to the agricultural heritage of Orangeburg County, a region long shaped by cotton and tobacco. While the grand plantations of earlier eras have largely receded, the echoes of that past linger in the very character of the land, a quiet testament to generations who worked this soil. Today, the economy of Forest Acres is more diversified, with its residents contributing to the broader economic life of the county, but a palpable sense of continuity remains, a connection to the land that is both practical and deeply ingrained. The rhythm of life here is one of measured progress, a gentle unfolding rather than a hurried rush, where the changing seasons dictate a natural cadence.
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| Location | Forest Acres, Orangeburg County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.534876°N, 80.859814°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29642, 29461, 29732, 29206 |
| Area Code | 864, 803 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Forest Acres, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest Acres, South Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Forest Acres includes coordinates 33.534876°N, 80.859814°W, situated in Orangeburg County. ZIP code 29642, 29461, 29732, 29206. Telephone area code: 864, 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
