Snelling, South Carolina Weather
Snelling, 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 Snelling, Barnwell County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Snelling. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Snelling is published on the Barnwell Regional Airport (KBNL) page, 7 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 Snelling 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 Snelling: Allendale County Airport (KAQX) 32 km · Bamberg County Airport (K99N) 33 km · 7 Oaks Flight Park (K7S1) 35 km · Augusta Regional At Bush Field (KAGS) 49 km · Aiken Regional Airport (KAIK) 50 km
Conditions reported at KBNL describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Snelling specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Snelling.
About Snelling, South Carolina
Snelling unfolds across a landscape where the earth, a rich, fertile clay, slopes gently towards the meandering Savannah River. It lies 26.9 miles south-east of Aiken, SC (from Aiken, SC: bearing 145°T), and is situated 5.6 miles west of Barnwell. Live oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss like ancient, bearded sentinels, preside over fields that, in summer, shimmer with heat haze and the promise of harvest. The air here, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a humid sweetness, a mingling of pine needles, damp soil, and the distant, earthy perfume of ripening cotton. The character of Snelling is one of quiet perseverance, a place where the land dictates the pace and the sky, a vast canvas of ever-shifting blues and grays, offers a constant, silent spectacle. The story of Snelling is interwoven with the agricultural heritage of Barnwell County, a region long defined by its cotton and tobacco fields, and later, by the burgeoning industries that sought its fertile ground and accessible waterways. Though the grand plantations of the past have largely receded into memory, the spirit of cultivation remains, evident in the carefully tended rows of soybeans and corn that still define the horizon. The Savannah River, a vital artery for centuries, once pulsed with the commerce of steamboats, and though its role has shifted, it continues to offer a tranquil beauty, a place where egrets stand like porcelain statues at the water's edge. Snelling itself, a collection of homes and businesses gathered with an unpretentious grace, carries the quiet dignity of a place that has weathered seasons of change, its present built upon the enduring foundations of its past.
Live animated radar for Snelling 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 | Snelling, Barnwell County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.239871°N, 81.455941°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29812 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Snelling, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Snelling, 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 Snelling includes coordinates 33.239871°N, 81.455941°W, situated in Barnwell County. ZIP code 29812. 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.
