St. Andrews, South Carolina Weather
St. Andrews, 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 St. Andrews, Richland County.
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About St. Andrews, South Carolina
St. Andrews unfolds across a landscape of subtle, rolling terrain, where the broad, flat expanse of the South Carolina midlands begins to soften into gentle slopes. It lies 4.6 miles north-west of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 314°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-north-east of Lexington. Ancient live oaks, their limbs thick with Spanish moss, stand sentinel over fields that once knew the plow and now often lie fallow, their grasses a rich, sun-bleached gold. The air here carries the humid breath of the South, thick with the scent of pine needles and the distant, sweet perfume of honeysuckle after a summer rain. Evenings bring a particular quality of light, a molten amber that spills across the western sky, painting the clouds in hues of rose and lavender before yielding to the deep indigo of night. The very soil, a reddish-brown clay, feels warm to the touch, a constant reminder of the sun's persistent gaze. The history of St. Andrews is a quiet narrative, woven into the agricultural heritage of Richland County. For generations, cotton and tobacco were king, their cultivation shaping the land and the lives of its people. Though the grand plantations are largely gone, their echoes can still be felt in the old family cemeteries, weathered stones marking lives lived and lost. Today, the economy of St. Andrews is a blend of its agrarian past and a more diversified present, with small businesses and service industries forming the backbone of its livelihood. The presence of a well-regarded university nearby infuses the area with a youthful energy, a counterpoint to the enduring, unhurried pace of life. St. Andrews retains a sense of its own distinct identity, a place where the past is not forgotten but rather lives alongside the present, each informing the other.
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| Location | St. Andrews, Richland County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.046627°N, 81.092022°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29210, 29212 |
| Area Code | 803 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Andrews, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Andrews, 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 St. Andrews includes coordinates 34.046627°N, 81.092022°W, situated in Richland County. ZIP code 29210, 29212. 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.
