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Jekyll Island, Georgia

Community in Glynn County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Jekyll Island

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Brunswick (GA), 8 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Jekyll Island

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Jekyll Island, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Jekyll Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Brunswick/Malcolm, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Jekyll Island, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Brunswick/Malcolm, 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 SSIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRUNSWICK/MALCOLMSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBrunswick/Malcolm, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SSITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SSI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 78 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 Brunswick/Malcolm: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 78 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 SSIFIG. B THE AIR AT BRUNSWICK/MALCOLMTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.1 FTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEBrunswick/Malcolm, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SSITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SSI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Brunswick/Malcolm, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SSIFIG. C THE WIND AT BRUNSWICK/MALCOLMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrunswick/Malcolm, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SSITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SSI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Georgia

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Near Jekyll Island

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