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McDonough, Georgia

City in Henry County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at McDonough

Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 22 miles off.

66Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)66Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 80, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at McDonough

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at McDonough, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest McDonough, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HamptonHMP

At an airfield/11.0 mi away/842 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank127of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

McDonough 0.6 ESEGA-HY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/838 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

McdonoughMCDG1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/696 ft/161 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,010of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Hampton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from McDonough, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Hampton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HMPFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAMPTONSECTION, 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: 2 MI0510TITLEHampton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HMPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.3 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hampton: temperature 60.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HMPFIG. B THE AIR AT HAMPTONTHE 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 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.3 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEHampton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HMPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMP-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 Hampton, 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 HMPFIG. C THE WIND AT HAMPTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHampton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HMPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mcdonough (MCDG1), 4.9 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 McDonough

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

Near McDonough

River and lake gauges