Gaston, South Carolina Weather
Gaston, 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 Gaston, Lexington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gaston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gaston is published on the Columbia Metropolitan Airport (KCAE) page, 14 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 Gaston 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 Gaston: Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (KCUB) 20 km · North Air Force Auxillary Airfield (KXNO) 23 km · Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base (KMMT) 30 km · Orangeburg Municipal Airport (KOGB) 46 km · Dry Swamp Airport (K1DS) 51 km
Conditions reported at KCAE describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gaston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gaston.
About Gaston, South Carolina
Gaston sits where the land begins to soften, a place where the broad shoulders of the Midlands slope toward the coastal plain. It lies 13.2 miles south-south-west of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 197°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of Springdale. Pines, tall and straight as soldiers, stand sentinel over fields that yield their bounty to the humid air, their needles whispering secrets to the breeze that carries the scent of damp earth and distant blossoms. The sky here is a vast canvas, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun, a molten coin, bleeds gold and rose across the horizon, painting the clouds with strokes of fire before surrendering to the encroaching twilight. The roads, often lined with stoic oak trees, wind through a landscape that feels both ancient and enduring, a quiet testament to the slow, steady pulse of life in this corner of South Carolina. The history of Gaston is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that shade its byways, a story told in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of its people. This was a land shaped by agriculture, its economy once tied to the sweat of brow and the turn of the season, a legacy still visible in the fertile soil and the occasional abandoned farmhouse standing as a silent monument to bygone days. Today, while the agricultural roots run deep, Gaston has also found its footing in a more diversified present, a quiet hum of industry adding its own rhythm to the established cadence. The Broad River, a ribbon of brown water, flows nearby, a constant presence that has witnessed centuries of change, its waters carrying the echoes of generations who have called this place home, their lives a quiet, persistent thread in the larger tapestry of the region.
Live animated radar for Gaston 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 | Gaston, Lexington County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.817097°N, 81.100929°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29053 |
| Area Code | 803, 839 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gaston, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gaston, 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 Gaston includes coordinates 33.817097°N, 81.100929°W, situated in Lexington County. ZIP code 29053. Telephone area code: 803, 839. 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.
