Orangeburg, South Carolina Weather
Orangeburg, 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 for Orangeburg, Orangeburg County.
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About Orangeburg, South Carolina
Orangeburg lies in a gentle dip of South Carolina's heartland, where the sandy loam exhales the scent of pine and damp earth after a summer shower. It lies 36.6 miles south-south-east of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 164°T), and is situated 2.1 miles west-south-west of Brookdale. The landscape here is a generous spread of fields, a patchwork quilt of soybeans and cotton that unfurls towards horizons softened by the humid air, and the occasional stand of ancient live oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss like forgotten elegies. This is a place where the sky feels vast, especially at dusk, when the light bleeds across the western expanse in hues of bruised plum and fading rose, a silent spectacle that seems to hold the day's heat in its lingering warmth. The very air, often thick with the promise of rain, carries the faint hum of cicadas and the distant rumble of traffic, a steady pulse beneath the quietude. The roots of Orangeburg reach back to the late 18th century, a crossroads town that grew alongside the burgeoning agricultural economy of the region, particularly its cotton and tobacco. Its history is interwoven with the rich, sometimes challenging, narrative of the South, and the echoes of its past can still be felt in the weathered brick of its older buildings and the enduring spirit of its people. The local economy, once dominated by agriculture, has diversified, with education playing a significant role through institutions like South Carolina State University and Claflin University, their campuses contributing a vibrant intellectual energy to the city. The Edisto River, a dark, languid waterway, snakes its way through the surrounding county, a ribbon of green that has long been a source of sustenance and a quiet companion to the lives lived in Orangeburg.
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| Location | Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.49182°N, 80.855648°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29115, 29118, 29116, 29117 |
| Area Code | 803 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orangeburg, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orangeburg, 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 Orangeburg includes coordinates 33.491820°N, 80.855648°W, situated in Orangeburg County. ZIP code 29115, 29118, 29116, 29117. 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. 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.
