Mount Carmel, South Carolina Weather
Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel, McCormick County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Carmel.
About Mount Carmel, South Carolina
Mount Carmel rises from the rolling Piedmont, a place where the land begins its slow, inexorable slope towards the coastal plain. It lies 35.2 miles south-south-east of Anderson, SC (from Anderson, SC: bearing 167°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-east of Calhoun Falls. Here, the air often carries the humid breath of the South, thick with the scent of pine and the damp earth after a summer shower. Oak and hickory trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, cast deep shadows across the terrain, interspersed with the more delicate tracery of dogwood and redbud. Fields, once cleared for cultivation, now often return to a wilder state, their edges softened by encroaching brambles and the tenacious growth of wildflowers, their colors muted in the diffused light of an overcast sky. The quiet here is not an absence of sound, but a different kind of resonance – the whisper of wind through the leaves, the distant buzz of an insect, the occasional call of a bird that seems to echo the vastness of the surrounding landscape. The history of Mount Carmel is bound to the agricultural rhythms of McCormick County, a legacy etched into the very contours of the land. Once, this region pulsed with the labor of its fields, producing cotton and other crops that sustained its people. Though that era has largely passed, the echoes remain in the old farmsteads, their weathered wood standing sentinel against the sky, and in the small, enduring churches that have served generations. The local economy, now more diversified, still finds its roots in the land, with a focus on timber and a growing appreciation for the natural beauty that draws visitors seeking a respite from the clamor of larger towns. It is a place where the pace of life allows for a deeper observation of the natural world, where the changing seasons are not just a backdrop but a primary force shaping the character of Mount Carmel.
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| Location | Mount Carmel, McCormick County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.007342°N, 82.507076°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29840 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Carmel, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel includes coordinates 34.007342°N, 82.507076°W, situated in McCormick County. ZIP code 29840. 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. 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.
