Ninety Six, South Carolina Weather
Ninety Six, 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 for Ninety Six, Greenwood County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ninety Six. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ninety Six is published on the Greenwood County Airport (KGRD) page, 15 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KGRD describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ninety Six specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ninety Six, South Carolina
Ninety Six rests in the gentle embrace of the Piedmont, a landscape sculpted by the slow, persistent hand of seasons rather than dramatic geological upheaval. It lies 41.0 miles south-south-east of Simpsonville, SC (from Simpsonville, SC: bearing 161°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east of Greenwood. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation and the patient growth of pine and hardwood, cradle the town, their contours occasionally broken by the glint of sun on distant water or the darker, richer green of a well-watered pasture. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of late summer, carries a humid warmth, thick with the scent of freshly cut grass and the faint, earthy perfume of red clay. Evenings often bring a sky of bruised purples and soft oranges, a quiet spectacle that settles over the land like a comforting blanket, hinting at the deep, quiet rhythms of life that have long held sway in Ninety Six. The historical echo of Ninety Six is profound, resonating from its origins as a significant frontier trading post and its pivotal role in the Revolutionary War, where the earthworks of a formidable British fort still stand as a quiet testament. The local economy, once deeply tied to agriculture—cotton and tobacco having long since yielded to a more diverse mix of farming and small-scale industry—now finds its heartbeat in the resilience of its people and a growing appreciation for its heritage. The Ninety Six National Historic Site draws visitors eager to walk the grounds where history was forged, a place where the past feels less like a distant memory and more like a palpable presence, whispered by the wind through the remaining fortifications and the surrounding, enduring landscape.
Live animated radar for Ninety Six 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 | Ninety Six, Greenwood County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.175127°N, 82.024007°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29666 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ninety Six, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ninety Six, 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 Ninety Six includes coordinates 34.175127°N, 82.024007°W, situated in Greenwood County. ZIP code 29666. 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.
