Hilda, South Carolina Weather
Hilda, 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 Hilda, Barnwell County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Hilda. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Hilda is published on the Barnwell Regional Airport (KBNL) page, 13 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 Hilda 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 Hilda: Bamberg County Airport (K99N) 13 km · 7 Oaks Flight Park (K7S1) 31 km · Allendale County Airport (KAQX) 31 km · Dry Swamp Airport (K1DS) 34 km · North Air Force Auxillary Airfield (KXNO) 40 km
Conditions reported at KBNL describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hilda specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hilda.
About Hilda, South Carolina
Hilda breathes a slow, deep breath of the South Carolina air, a place where the land rolls with a gentle, unpretentious grace, its fields of cotton and soybeans stretching towards a sky that often hangs heavy with the promise of rain. It lies 33.7 miles south-east of Aiken, SC (from Aiken, SC: bearing 126°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-north-east of Barnwell. The terrain here is a testament to the slow grind of water and time, a tapestry of sandy loam and clay, crisscrossed by shallow creeks that whisper through stands of pine and oak. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, falls in thick, buttery shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air above the unpaved lanes that meander between the weathered farmhouses. There's a quiet dignity to Hilda, a sense of being rooted to this soil, where the cicadas drone their relentless summer song and the evenings are painted in hues of rose and bruised purple. The history of Hilda is written in the soil and the weathered wood of its few remaining structures, a story of agricultural labor and quiet resilience. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, primarily cotton, its white fluff a familiar sight against the deep green of the fields, a legacy tied to the very foundations of the region's economy. While larger towns have grown and shifted, Hilda has held to its character, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land. A few local businesses, their signs faded by years of sun and wind, still serve the needs of the farming families, a small but vital hub for a community that cherishes its independence and the familiar rhythms of its existence. The memory of the turpentine industry, once a significant employer, lingers in the scent of pine resin that occasionally drifts on the breeze, a reminder of different eras and the ever-changing currents of commerce that have shaped this corner of Barnwell County.
Live animated radar for Hilda 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 | Hilda, Barnwell County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.273487°N, 81.24705°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29812, 29813 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hilda, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hilda, 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 Hilda includes coordinates 33.273487°N, 81.247050°W, situated in Barnwell County. ZIP code 29812, 29813. Telephone area code: 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.
