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Baconton, Georgia

City in Mitchell County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Baconton

Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Albany (GA), 14 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 69, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baconton

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Baconton, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

On the radar over Baconton, GeorgiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Baconton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Newton 8 W63828

At a climate reference station/18.9 mi away/176 ft/1 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank899of 1,277

Little RiverS2027

At a soil climate station/36.9 mi away/350 ft/175 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Albany 14.4 SEGA-MT-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/259 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CamillaCAMG1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/194 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Newton 8 W, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 18.9 mi from Baconton, Georgia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

68.4 F with a dew point of 61.9 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Newton 8 W: temperature 68.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.9, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63828FIG. B THE AIR AT NEWTON 8 WTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.4 FTEMPERATURE 68.4 FDEW POINT 61.9 FSPREAD 6.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLENewton 8 W, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 63828TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63828-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Newton 8 W, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63828FIG. C THE WIND AT NEWTON 8 WPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewton 8 W, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 63828TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63828-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 176 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.73 inHg and the temperature at 58.4 F; it reports 68.4 F, 10.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Newton 8 W stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 176 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.73 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63828FIG. D WHERE NEWTON 8 W STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERENEWTON 8 W1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT176 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.73 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.4 FTITLENewton 8 W, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 63828TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63828-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Newton 8 W, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Georgia

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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Near Baconton

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