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Bartow, Georgia

Town in Jefferson County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Bartow

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 45 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 73, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bartow

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bartow, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bartow, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LouisvilleLOUG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/318 ft/43 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank282of 1,262

Millen2J5

At an airfield/29.1 mi away/222 ft/53 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Harrison 2.2 ESEGA-WG-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.8 mi away/432 ft/157 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Louisville, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.3 mi from Bartow, Georgia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:03 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 48.5 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Louisville: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.5, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOUG1FIG. B THE AIR AT LOUISVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.8 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 48.5 FSPREAD 7.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLELouisville, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LOUG1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LOUG1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (303 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Louisville, north up: blowing from 303 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOUG1FIG. C THE WIND AT LOUISVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 303°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELouisville, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LOUG1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LOUG1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 318 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.58 inHg and the temperature at 57.9 F; it reports 56.0 F, 1.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Louisville stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 318 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.58 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOUG1FIG. D WHERE LOUISVILLE 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 ATMOSPHERELOUISVILLE1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT318 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 HERE29.58 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED56.0 FTITLELouisville, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LOUG1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LOUG1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Louisville, 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.

Near Bartow

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bartow

River and lake gauges