Lakewood, South Carolina Weather
Lakewood, 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 Lakewood, Chester County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lakewood. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lakewood is published on the Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM) page, 7 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood: Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (KLKR) 29 km · Rock Hill - York County Airport (KUZA) 30 km · Union County, Troy Shelton Field (K35A) 43 km · Fairfield County Airport (KFDW) 47 km · Gastonia Municipal Airport (KAKH) 52 km
Conditions reported at KDCM describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lakewood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lakewood.
About Lakewood, South Carolina
Lakewood unfurls across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, where the humid air, thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, settles like a soft shawl. It lies 15.8 miles south-south-west of Rock Hill, SC (from Rock Hill, SC: bearing 213°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north-east of Chester. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled and heavy with Spanish moss, stand as silent sentinels over fields that stretch toward a horizon often softened by a hazy, golden light. The terrain here is a subtle undulation, a quiet breathing of the land that invites a slower pace, a contemplative gaze. Creeks, their banks often fringed with ferns and shadowed by the dense canopy, murmur their secrets as they meander through the verdant expanse. The roots of Lakewood run deep into the agrarian past of Chester County, a history etched into the very patterns of the land. Once, this was a place of toil and harvest, where cotton and tobacco shaped the economy and the lives of its inhabitants. Though agriculture remains a thread in its fabric, the character of Lakewood has evolved, drawing a quiet strength from its enduring connection to the land. The local economy, while not booming, possesses a resilient hum, a testament to the enduring spirit of its people who have learned to adapt and thrive. There are no grand monuments here, no clamoring attractions, but rather a profound sense of place, a subtle beauty found in the sun-drenched afternoons and the hushed stillness that descends with the twilight.
Live animated radar for Lakewood 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 | Lakewood, Chester County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.732084°N, 81.175088°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29072, 29841, 29732, 29150 |
| Area Code | 864, 803 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakewood, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakewood, 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 Lakewood includes coordinates 34.732084°N, 81.175088°W, situated in Chester County. ZIP code 29072, 29841, 29732, 29150. 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. 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.
