Empire, Georgia Weather
Empire, Georgia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Empire, Dodge County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Empire. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Empire is published on the Cochran Airport (K48A) page, 7 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Empire have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Empire: Hawkinsville Pulaski County Airport (K51A) 15 km · Heart of Georgia Regional Airport (KEZM) 21 km · W H 'Bud' Barron Airport (KDBN) 38 km · Robins Air Force Base (KWRB) 43 km · Telfair Wheeler Airport (KMQW) 48 km
Conditions reported at K48A describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Empire specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Empire.
About Empire, Georgia
Empire lies in a quiet corner of Dodge County, where the land begins its slow, patient rise towards the Georgia Piedmont. It lies 26.2 miles south-east of Warner Robins, GA (from Warner Robins, GA: bearing 138°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south-east of Cochran. The terrain here is softly rolling, a landscape of fertile fields that stretch out under a wide, often pale blue sky, broken by stands of loblolly pine and scattered oaks that cast long, cool shadows in the late afternoon. The air itself carries a faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and pine needles, a subtle perfume that clings to the breeze. Life in Empire moves with a deliberate, unhurried grace, a stark contrast to the clamor of more distant places, where the loudest sounds are often the whir of cicadas or the distant rumble of a passing truck on a county road. This particular stretch of Georgia has long been shaped by agriculture, with cotton and timber having held sway for generations, their ghosts whispering through the rustling leaves of the surrounding trees. Empire itself, though small, carries the imprint of those who came before, their labor etched into the enduring patterns of the land. The local economy, still largely tied to the soil and the forests, finds its pulse in the planting and harvesting seasons, a rhythm dictated by the sun and the rain. While grand landmarks are absent, there is a profound beauty in the simplicity of Empire, in the weathered barns that stand sentinel over fields of green, and in the quiet dignity of the homes that dot the countryside, each a small testament to lives lived with a steady, unwavering purpose.
Live animated radar for Empire and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Empire, Dodge County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 32.340444°N, 83.29627°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31014 |
| Area Code | 912 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Empire, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Empire, Georgia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Empire includes coordinates 32.340444°N, 83.296270°W, situated in Dodge County. ZIP code 31014. Telephone area code: 912. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
