Helena, South Carolina Weather
Helena, 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 Helena, Newberry County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Helena. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Helena is published on the Newberry County Airport (KEOE) page, 3 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 Helena 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 Helena: Laurens County Airport (KLUX) 38 km · Saluda County Airport (K6J4) 42 km · Union County, Troy Shelton Field (K35A) 45 km · Greenwood County Airport (KGRD) 48 km · Fairfield County Airport (KFDW) 49 km
Conditions reported at KEOE describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Helena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Helena.
About Helena, South Carolina
Helena rests in the rolling Piedmont, a landscape defined by gentle slopes that lead the eye across fields of sorghum and cotton, their green hues deepening to emerald as the sun dips low. It lies 39.8 miles west-north-west of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 300°T), and is situated 1.4 miles west-north-west of Newberry. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of honeysuckle and drying earth, a perfume that clings to the red clay soil. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, stand sentinel along the edges of these cultivated expanses, their shadows lengthening into cool, dark pools on the dusty roads that crisscross the countryside. The quietude is profound, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the sudden, sharp call of a red-tailed hawk circling overhead. This corner of Newberry County, where Helena draws its breath, has a history etched not in grand monuments but in the steadfast cultivation of the land. For generations, the economy has been tied to the bounty of the soil, with cotton and, more recently, sorghum and soybeans forming the backbone of its agrarian character. While no single, grand industry defines Helena, the quiet diligence of its people, their lives unfolding with a steady, predictable rhythm, speaks volumes of a community deeply rooted in its heritage. The old general store, its porch weathered and inviting, still serves as a gathering place, a silent witness to the enduring spirit of this place, where the whispers of the past are as palpable as the warm southern breeze.
Live animated radar for Helena 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 | Helena, Newberry County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.282916°N, 81.640941°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29108 |
| Area Code | 803 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Helena, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Helena, 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 Helena includes coordinates 34.282916°N, 81.640941°W, situated in Newberry County. ZIP code 29108. Telephone area code: 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.
