Lumber City, Georgia Weather
Lumber City, 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 Lumber City, Telfair County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lumber City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lumber City is published on the Hazlehurst Airport (KAZE) page, 6 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 Lumber City 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 Lumber City: Telfair Wheeler Airport (KMQW) 26 km · Baxley Municipal Airport (KBHC) 36 km · Vidalia Regional Airport (KVDI) 41 km · Bacon County Airport (KAMG) 47 km · Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal Airport (KRVJ) 52 km
Conditions reported at KAZE describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lumber City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lumber City.
About Lumber City, Georgia
Lumber City slumbers along the Oconee River, a ribbon of slow-moving water that has shaped its very being. It lies 63.5 miles south-west of Statesboro, GA (from Statesboro, GA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-west of Hazlehurst. The land here is a soft green, a low-lying expanse of pine forests and fields that stretch towards a sky often heavy with the promise of rain. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient sentinels, stand guard at the water's edge, their branches draped with Spanish moss that catches the diffused sunlight. The air itself seems to carry the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a perfume of the wild that clings to everything. In the quiet hours, the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth is the loudest sound, a reminder of the untamed spirit that still holds sway. The echoes of a logging past are still palpable in Lumber City, its name a direct nod to the industry that once fueled its growth. Timber wagons once rumbled down its dirt roads, and the air was thick with the scent of freshly cut pine. Though the grand sawmills are long gone, the legacy of hard work and resourcefulness remains, a quiet strength in the community. The Oconee River, once a highway for logs, now offers a gentler kind of commerce, a place for fishing and quiet contemplation, its waters reflecting the changing hues of the sky as day gives way to dusk. Small businesses, rooted in generations of local families, continue to serve the needs of Lumber City, their storefronts holding the steady, unhurried rhythm of life in this corner of Georgia.
Live animated radar for Lumber City 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 | Lumber City, Telfair County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.929349°N, 82.679583°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31549 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lumber City, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lumber City, 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 Lumber City includes coordinates 31.929349°N, 82.679583°W, situated in Telfair County. ZIP code 31549. Telephone area code: 229. 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.
