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Sardis, Georgia

City in Burke County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Sardis

Index 84, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 30 miles off.

84Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)84Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 80, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sardis

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Sardis, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sardis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Millen2J5

At an airfield/13.2 mi away/222 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

WaynesboroWYNG1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.8 mi away/299 ft/62 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank992of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW3838, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 33.5 mi from Sardis, Georgia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the south (169 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 1 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW3838, north up: blowing from 169 degrees, the south, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 1; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3838FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW3838PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 169°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW3838, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3838TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3838-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 268 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.63 inHg and the temperature at 58.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.25 inHg means its barometer reads 29.96 inHg; it reports 68.0 F, 10.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW3838 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 268 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.63 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.25 and the station pressure it means, 29.96.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3838FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW3838 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW38381 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT268 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.63 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.25 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.96 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLECitizen station GW3838, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3838TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3838-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 32.51 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 75 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW3838, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 13 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3838FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW3838ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 81°EQUINOXES 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 13 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 75 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.51 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW3838, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3838TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3838-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW3838, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Waynesboro (WYNG1), 15.8 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 Sardis

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

Near Sardis

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