Temperature
86 F at 2 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 86F
- 2 PM
- Highest
- 87F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Tattnall County, Georgia86°
88°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 86°·Gentle breeze 9 mph WSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 88° today.
Now. Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport is 86° and clear at 2 PM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 76° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:10 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
37Air quality
44%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
86feels86
UV 7
Today
Oct 16
8865
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7061
11%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6548
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6948
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7450
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7653
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7654
UV 6
86°
88°65°
70°61°
65°48°
69°48°
74°50°
76°53°
76°54°
As of 2:00 PM in Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Douglas (GA), 52 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RVJ
- ICAO
- KRVJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 195 ft
- Serves
- Reidsville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RVJ
- Wind now
- From 260° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 14:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 5,003 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | 8 mph head, on 29 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Reidsville (RVJ), Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 44% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 5 PM Thursday to 99% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 2 PM
- Humidity now
- 44%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the west at 2 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 2 PM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 2 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Reidsville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ReidsvilleRVJ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/188 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort Stewart RAWS - Glisson PondFSGG1
A remote fire weather station/19.6 mi away/167 ft/28 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US 341 @ SR 38GA355
Beside a road/34.9 mi away/102 ft/93 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Reidsville 0.9 WGA-TN-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/193 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GlennvilleGLNG1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.9 mi away/183 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Georgia
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Reidsvillecity, 3 mi
- Collinscity, 9 mi
- Ohoopeecommunity, 9 mi
- Manassascity, 11 mi
- Mendescommunity, 11 mi
- Bellvillecity, 12 mi
- Santa Clauscity, 13 mi
- Lyonscity, 14 mi
- Hagancity, 15 mi
- Cobbtowncity, 15 mi
- Glennvillecity, 16 mi
- Claxtoncity, 16 mi
Airports near Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport
- Vidalia Regional AirportVDI, 16 mi
- Claxton Evans County AirportCWV, 19 mi
- Metter Municipal AirportMHP, 22 mi
- Baxley Municipal AirportBHC, 28 mi
- Hazlehurst AirportAZE, 31 mi
- MidCoast Regional Airport at Wright Army AirfieldLHW, 37 mi
- Statesboro Bulloch County AirportTBR, 38 mi
- Jesup Wayne County AirportJES, 38 mi