Salem, South Carolina Weather
Salem, 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 Salem, Florence County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Salem. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Hemingway Stuckey Airport (K38J) page, 18 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 Salem 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 Salem: Lake City Municipal Airport - CJ Evans Field (K51J) 24 km · Marion County Airport (KMAO) 36 km · Conway Horry County Airport (KHYW) 37 km · Williamsburg Regional Airport (KCKI) 37 km · Florence Regional Airport (KFLO) 38 km
Conditions reported at K38J describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salem.
About Salem, South Carolina
Salem rests in a landscape of gentle slopes and broad fields, where the air, thick with the scent of pine and damp earth after a summer shower, hangs heavy and still. It lies 25.6 miles south-east of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 146°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-west of Johnsonville. The sun, when it breaks through the humid haze, casts a mellow, golden light across the cultivated land, softening the edges of the scattered farmhouses and the distant, dark green wall of the Francis Marion National Forest. Here, the land breathes a quiet patience, marked by the slow, deliberate growth of trees and the languid flow of slow-moving creeks that snake through the low-lying terrain, their banks often shrouded in a mist that rises with the morning sun. The history of Salem is deeply entwined with the fertile soil and the ebb and flow of agriculture, a legacy that continues to shape its economy through the cultivation of crops like soybeans and corn, alongside the enduring presence of timber harvesting from the surrounding woodlands. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very character of Salem speaks of generations who have worked this land, their lives shaped by the seasons and the quiet resilience of rural living. The nearby waterways, though not navigable for large vessels, offer a quiet communion with nature, reflecting the vast, often cloud-streaked sky and providing a subtle, constant murmur that underpins the unhurried rhythm of life in Salem.
Live animated radar for Salem 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 | Salem, Florence County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.887942°N, 79.512281°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29555, 29583, 29512, 29676 |
| Area Code | 843, 854, 864 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 33.887942°N, 79.512281°W, situated in Florence County. ZIP code 29555, 29583, 29512, 29676. Telephone area code: 843, 854, 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.
