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Talking Rock, Georgia

Town in Pickens County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Talking Rock

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 42 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Talking Rock

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Talking Rock, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Talking Rock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JasperJZP

At an airfield/4.8 mi away/1,503 ft/354 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Talking Rock 1.2 SWGA-PC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,422 ft/273 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

JasperJASG1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/1,499 ft/350 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank139of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW4400, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.4 mi from Talking Rock, Georgia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW4400, 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 GW4400FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW4400PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW4400, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4400TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4400-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,131 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.72 inHg and the temperature at 55.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.03 inHg means its barometer reads 28.82 inHg; it reports 63.0 F, 8.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW4400 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,131 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.72 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.03 and the station pressure it means, 28.82.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW4400FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW4400 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 GW44004 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,131 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 HERE28.72 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.03 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.82 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED63.0 FTITLECitizen station GW4400, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4400TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4400-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 46 degrees above the horizon at 34.50 N, and the day is 11 h 10 min long. Level ground there takes 72 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW4400, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 46 degrees above the horizon, against 79 at the June solstice, 56 at the equinoxes and 32 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 10 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW4400FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW4400ELEVATION 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 79°EQUINOXES 56°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 32°OCT 16, 46°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 10 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 72 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 34.50 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW4400, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4400TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4400-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW4400, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Jasper (JASG1), 2.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Georgia

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Near Talking Rock

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Near Talking Rock

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