West Columbia, SC Weather Forecast
Lexington County, South Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for West Columbia, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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West Columbia, SC at a glance
West Columbia is home to about 18,316 people in Lexington County, across 9.4 square miles. It ranks 28th by population of 100 places in South Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Springdale, 2 miles away.
- County
- Lexington County
- Population
- 18,316 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,954
- Forecast point
- 33.9901°N, 81.0994°W
How well can the network see West Columbia?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCAE (Columbia, SC), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 150 ft above West Columbia. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over West Columbia show up clearly. West Columbia is closer to its radar than 99% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCAE (Columbia Metro). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near West Columbia
- Springdale, SC2 mi
- Cayce, SC4 mi
- Lexington, SC7 mi
- Forest Acres, SC8 mi
- Irmo, SC10 mi
- Columbia, SC12 mi
- Blythewood, SC16 mi
- Batesburg-Leesville, SC25 mi
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