Smoaks, South Carolina Weather
Smoaks, 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 Smoaks, Colleton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Smoaks. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Smoaks is published on the Dry Swamp Airport (K1DS) page, 34 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. 3 airfields within reach of Smoaks 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 Smoaks: Orangeburg Municipal Airport (KOGB) 41 km · Summerville Airport (KDYB) 50 km
Conditions reported at K1DS describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Smoaks specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Smoaks.
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.
Live animated radar for Smoaks 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
