Winnsboro, South Carolina Weather
Winnsboro, 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 Winnsboro, Fairfield County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Winnsboro. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Winnsboro is published on the Fairfield County Airport (KFDW) page, 8 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 Winnsboro 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 Winnsboro: Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (KLKR) 44 km · Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport (KCUB) 46 km · Chester Catawba Regional Airport (KDCM) 46 km · Woodward Field (KCDN) 49 km · Columbia Metropolitan Airport (KCAE) 49 km
Conditions reported at KFDW describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winnsboro specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Winnsboro.
About Winnsboro, South Carolina
Winnsboro rests amidst the rolling Piedmont, a landscape softened by centuries of cultivation and the gentle persistence of pine and oak. It lies 26.4 miles north of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 354°T), and is situated 1.3 miles north of Winnsboro Mills. The air here, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a faint, earthy perfume, a mingling of damp soil and the resinous scent of the surrounding woods, and the light itself seems to pool in the hollows of the undulating terrain, painting long, languid shadows across fields of dormant cotton stalks and the occasional, tenacious wildflower. The houses, many of them older structures with wide porches and steeply pitched roofs, stand with a quiet dignity, their paint weathered to a palette of muted grays and soft blues, as if absorbing the very essence of the surrounding stillness. Here, the land doesn't demand attention; it offers a patient embrace, a sense of belonging that seeps into the bones. The history of Winnsboro is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of South Carolina, its early prosperity built on the rich soil and the labor that tended it, a past that whispers through the quiet streets and the enduring architecture. The local economy, while diversified, still carries the echoes of its farming roots, with the fertile land continuing to yield crops that sustain the region, and the surrounding forests providing timber. This is a place where the past is not a forgotten relic but a living presence, informing the character of its people and the rhythm of daily life, a place where the distinctive scent of woodsmoke often hangs in the crisp autumn air, a comforting reminder of hearth and home.
Live animated radar for Winnsboro 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 | Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.380701°N, 81.086478°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 29180 |
| Area Code | 803 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winnsboro, South Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winnsboro, 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 Winnsboro includes coordinates 34.380701°N, 81.086478°W, situated in Fairfield County. ZIP code 29180. 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.
