Smoaks, South Carolina Weather
Smoaks, 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 Smoaks, Colleton County.
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About Smoaks, South Carolina
Smoaks lies low in the coastal plain, a quiet settlement where the land breathes a humid, pine-scented air. It lies 37.3 miles west of Summerville, SC (from Summerville, SC: bearing 278°T), and is situated 15.3 miles north-west of Walterboro. Cypress knees stand sentinel in the slow-moving ditches that trace the edges of fields, and the sky, when it clears after a summer storm, often hangs in a bruised, violet twilight. The roads here are narrow ribbons, winding past weathered farmhouses and stands of live oak draped in Spanish moss, where the silence is broken only by the buzz of unseen insects and the occasional distant rumble of a passing train. The very ground seems to absorb sound, a soft, sandy loam that yields to the tread, giving the impression of a place that has settled into its own quietude. The history of Smoaks is tied to the rich, dark soil that has always been its primary offering, yielding crops that fed the surrounding region for generations. Once a hub for the timber industry, the scent of freshly cut pine still lingers on the breeze after a strong wind, a ghost of its past. Today, agriculture remains the heartbeat of Smoaks, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, their green stalks rustling in the warm breeze. Local traditions, passed down through families, still hold sway, a quiet resilience evident in the unwavering gaze of those who have called this place home for decades, their lives interwoven with the subtle shifts of the seasons and the enduring promise of the land.
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| Location | Smoaks, Colleton County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.089607°N, 80.813988°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29481 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Smoaks, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smoaks, 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 Smoaks includes coordinates 33.089607°N, 80.813988°W, situated in Colleton County. ZIP code 29481. 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.
