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Stapleton, Georgia

City in Jefferson County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Stapleton

Index 84, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 31 miles off.

84Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)84Moderate-
  • Ozone41Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 77, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 68, moderate, Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stapleton

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 Stapleton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Stapleton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ThomsonHQU

At an airfield/22.2 mi away/499 ft/58 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank127of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Thomson 6.9 SGA-MD-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/468 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Thomson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.2 mi from Stapleton, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 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 Thomson, 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 HQUFIG. A THE SKY OVER THOMSONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEThomson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HQUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Thomson: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HQUFIG. B THE AIR AT THOMSONTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.7 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEThomson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HQUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQU-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 Thomson, 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 HQUFIG. C THE WIND AT THOMSONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEThomson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HQUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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