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Orchard Hill, Georgia

Town in Spalding County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Orchard Hill

Index 67, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 34 miles off.

67Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)67Moderate17.1 mi
  • Ozone33Good0 ppb17.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orchard Hill

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Orchard Hill, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Orchard Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Spalding6A2

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/958 ft/96 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank123of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Griffin 3.0 SSEGA-SP-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/843 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

McdonoughMCDG1

At a cooperative observer's station/20.2 mi away/696 ft/166 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,010of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Spalding, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Orchard Hill, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Spalding, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6A2FIG. A THE SKY OVER SPALDINGSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESpalding, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6A2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6A2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 59.0 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 Spalding: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 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 6A2FIG. B THE AIR AT SPALDINGTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.3 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 59.0 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 POINTTITLESpalding, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6A2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6A2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Spalding, 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 6A2FIG. C THE WIND AT SPALDINGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESpalding, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6A2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6A2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mcdonough (MCDG1), 20.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Georgia

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Near Orchard Hill

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

Near Orchard Hill

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