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The Rock, Georgia

Community in Upson County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at The Rock

Index 77, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Macon (GA), 36 miles off.

77Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)77Moderate-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 77, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at The Rock

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at The Rock, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest The Rock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ThomastonOPN

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/797 ft/28 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank919of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

The Rock 1.0 NGA-UP-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/772 ft/53 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ThomastonTHSG1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/755 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Thomaston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from The Rock, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 797 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.07 inHg and the temperature at 56.2 F.

Section from sea level of where Thomaston stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 797 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.07 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OPNFIG. D WHERE THOMASTON 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 ATMOSPHERETHOMASTON3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT797 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 HERE29.07 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.2 FTITLEThomaston, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS OPNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPN-1DRAWN 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 32.95 N, and the day is 11 h 12 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Thomaston, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 12 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OPNFIG. E THE SUN AT THOMASTONELEVATION 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 80°EQUINOXES 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 12 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 74 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.95 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEThomaston, the sunSTATION REPORT · ASOS OPNTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

An airport station, 797 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of an airport station, Thomaston, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: no reading in the last day.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OPNFIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF AN AIRPORT STATION, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 12:55 AM LOCAL TIMEBAROMETERS, IN THE SHELTER-HEATED RAIN GAUGE-VISIBILITY SENSOR, 7 FT-BEAMCEILOMETER, LOOKING UP-TEMPERATURE IN ITS SHIELD, 5 FT-WIND, 33 FT-33 FT5 FTHEIGHTS TO SCALE; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOTTITLEThomaston, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · ASOS OPNTYPEELEVATIONSCALEPARTLY TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-002, FB-INS-001, FB-INS-009

The full report of Thomaston, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Georgia

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Near The Rock

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