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Franklin Springs, Georgia

City in Franklin County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Franklin Springs

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 27 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Franklin Springs

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Franklin Springs, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Franklin Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Canon18A

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/848 ft/62 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank176of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Royston 4.0 WGA-FR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/632 ft/154 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Carnesville 4 NCRNG1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/886 ft/100 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Canon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Franklin Springs, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Canon, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 18AFIG. A THE SKY OVER CANONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECanon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 18ATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-18A-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Canon: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 18AFIG. B THE AIR AT CANONTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 3.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLECanon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 18ATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-18A-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Canon, 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 18AFIG. C THE WIND AT CANONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECanon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 18ATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-18A-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Canon, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Carnesville 4 N (CRNG1), 11.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Georgia

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

Near Franklin Springs

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

Near Franklin Springs

River and lake gauges