Williston, South Carolina Weather
Williston, 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 Williston, Barnwell County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Williston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Williston is published on the Barnwell Regional Airport (KBNL) page, 16 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 Williston 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 Williston: Bamberg County Airport (K99N) 31 km · Aiken Regional Airport (KAIK) 37 km · North Air Force Auxillary Airfield (KXNO) 39 km · Allendale County Airport (KAQX) 47 km · Dry Swamp Airport (K1DS) 48 km
Conditions reported at KBNL describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Williston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Williston.
About Williston, South Carolina
Williston basks in the humid embrace of South Carolina's Lowcountry, a landscape where the earth exhales a verdant, deep green. It lies 20.4 miles east-south-east of Aiken, SC (from Aiken, SC: bearing 122°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-north-west of Blackville. The terrain here is a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, hinting at the distant coastal plain, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine needles and the rich, dark loam of well-tended fields. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-languid sky, possesses a buttery quality, illuminating the moss-draped branches of ancient oaks and the sturdy, weathered facades of homes that have weathered their own seasons. The very rhythm of Williston feels attuned to the slow, deliberate unfurling of the Southern day, a quietude that settles like dust on forgotten roads. The history of Williston is etched not in grand monuments, but in the fertile soil that has sustained generations. Once a hub for agricultural endeavors, particularly cotton and tobacco, the local economy has seen shifts, now finding a footing in a more diversified industrial landscape, though the echoes of its agrarian past still resonate in the surrounding farmland. This locality has long been a place where ingenuity found expression, from the practicalities of farming to the crafting of community. The distinctive character of Williston is one of resilience and quiet pride, a place that continues to shape its identity while holding fast to the enduring spirit of its people, a spirit as deeply rooted as the live oaks that stand sentinel over the land.
Live animated radar for Williston 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 | Williston, Barnwell County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.402648°N, 81.420106°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29853 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Williston, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Williston, 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 Williston includes coordinates 33.402648°N, 81.420106°W, situated in Barnwell County. ZIP code 29853. 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.
