Augusta, GA Weather Forecast
Richmond County, Georgia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Augusta, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Augusta, GA at a glance
Augusta is home to about 200,884 people in Richmond County, across 302 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 218 places in Georgia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hephzibah, 5 miles away.
- County
- Richmond County
- Population
- 200,884 2023 est.
- Land area
- 302 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 665
- Forecast point
- 33.3655°N, 82.0734°W
How well can the network see Augusta?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCAE (Columbia, SC), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,500 ft above Augusta. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Augusta can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAGS (Augusta Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Augusta
- Hephzibah, GA5 mi
- Grovetown, GA10 mi
- North Augusta, SC13 mi
- Harlem, GA15 mi
- Burnettown, SC16 mi
- Waynesboro, GA19 mi
- Aiken, SC23 mi
- Thomson, GA25 mi
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