St. Matthews, South Carolina Weather
St. Matthews, 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 St. Matthews, Calhoun County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near St. Matthews. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for St. Matthews is published on the Orangeburg Municipal Airport (KOGB) page, 24 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 St. Matthews 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 St. Matthews: Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base (KMMT) 28 km · Dry Swamp Airport (K1DS) 33 km · Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (KCUB) 40 km · Shaw Air Force Base (KSSC) 44 km · Sumter Airport (KSMS) 53 km
Conditions reported at KOGB describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St. Matthews specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for St. Matthews.
About St. Matthews, South Carolina
St. Matthews sprawls across the midlands of South Carolina, a quiet expanse where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 27.5 miles south-south-east of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 147°T), and is situated 12.8 miles north-north-east of Orangeburg. The landscape here is a gentle ebb and flow of fields, mostly given over to agriculture, with scattered stands of hardwoods and longleaf pines that whisper in the breeze. Sunlight, when it breaks through the hazy humidity of summer, can paint the roads in broad, buttery strokes, and the sky at dusk often bleeds into bruised purples and oranges, a soft farewell to the day. The terrain, not dramatic but possessing a certain stoic resilience, hints at the deep, dark soils that have sustained life and livelihood for generations. This corner of Calhoun County, St. Matthews, has its roots deeply planted in the agricultural traditions of the South, its economy historically tied to the bounty of the land, particularly cotton and now a mix of grains and soybeans. The quiet hum of machinery during planting and harvest seasons is the dominant sound, a testament to the enduring spirit of farming that defines the area. While no grand monuments draw throngs, the county courthouse, a stately brick structure, stands as a silent sentinel to the area's past, a place where local history has been shaped and recorded. The pace of life in St. Matthews is measured, unhurried, allowing for the simple pleasures of a front porch conversation or the shared experience of a community gathering under the wide Carolina sky.
Live animated radar for St. Matthews 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 | St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.664876°N, 80.777868°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29135 |
| Area Code | 803 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Matthews, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Matthews, 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 St. Matthews includes coordinates 33.664876°N, 80.777868°W, situated in Calhoun County. ZIP code 29135. 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. 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.
