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Shady Dale, Georgia

Town in Jasper County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Shady Dale

Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 38 miles off.

73Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate-
  • Ozone11Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shady Dale

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 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 Shady Dale, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Shady Dale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

CovingtonCVC

At an airfield/21.9 mi away/783 ft/166 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank133of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Shady Dale 5.2 NWGA-JS-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/631 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MonticelloMTIG1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/528 ft/89 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Covington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.9 mi from Shady Dale, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:35 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 Covington, 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 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 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 MORE0510TITLECovington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Covington: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.9 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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-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

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