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Swainsboro, Georgia

City in Emanuel County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Swainsboro

Index 85, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 57 miles off.

85Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)85Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 77, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Swainsboro

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Swainsboro, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Swainsboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MetterMHP

At an airfield/21.7 mi away/193 ft/120 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank493of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

KiteKITG1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/315 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Metter, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.7 mi from Swainsboro, Georgia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:10 PM 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 Metter, 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 MHPFIG. A THE SKY OVER METTERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMetter, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.6 F with a dew point of 67.6 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Metter: temperature 69.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.6, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHPFIG. B THE AIR AT METTERTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.6 F, 67.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEMetter, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHP-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 Metter, 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 MHPFIG. C THE WIND AT METTERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMetter, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Georgia

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Swainsboro

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Near Swainsboro

River and lake gauges