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Porterdale, Georgia

City in Newton County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Porterdale

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 32 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Porterdale

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Porterdale, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Porterdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

CovingtonCVC

At an airfield/4.9 mi away/783 ft/96 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank133of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Covington 1.7 WGA-NW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/715 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

McdonoughMCDG1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/696 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,010of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Covington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.9 mi from Porterdale, Georgia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Covington, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER COVINGTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECovington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Covington: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CVCFIG. B THE AIR AT COVINGTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECovington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CVC-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 Covington, 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 CVCFIG. C THE WIND AT COVINGTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECovington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mcdonough (MCDG1), 13.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Georgia

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Near Porterdale

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