Putney, Georgia Weather
Putney, 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 Putney, Dougherty County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Putney. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Putney is published on the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (KABY) page, 10 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 Putney 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 Putney: Sylvester Airport (KSYV) 23 km · Camilla Mitchell County Airport (KCXU) 31 km · Moultrie Municipal Airport (KMGR) 52 km · Spence Airport (KMUL) 54 km · Henry Tift Myers Airport (KTMA) 60 km
Conditions reported at KABY describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Putney specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Putney.
About Putney, Georgia
Putney rests in a landscape of gentle plains, where the earth slopes imperceptibly towards the sluggish, winding waterways that define this corner of Dougherty County. It lies 7.8 miles south-south-east of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 163°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-north-east of Baconton. The air here, especially in the late afternoons of summer, carries a humid sweetness, a blend of sun-baked pine needles and the distant, earthy scent of cultivated fields. Towering pines, sentinel-like, punctuate the horizon, their dark green needles absorbing the bright Georgia sun, while the scattered live oaks, draped in Spanish moss, lend a timeless, almost melancholic grace to the scene. The roads, often unpaved and red with Georgia clay, snake between these natural elements, leading to homesteads and barns that seem to have grown from the land itself, their weathered wood telling silent stories under the wide, open sky. The history of Putney is deeply entwined with the rich agricultural soil that has sustained it for generations, primarily cotton and, more recently, peanuts and timber. This land was settled by those seeking fertile ground, and the echoes of that persistent agrarian spirit can still be felt in the quiet hum of tractors and the careful tending of crops that stretch towards the horizon. While Putney itself may not boast grand monuments, its character is etched in the resilience of its people and the enduring rhythms of its working landscape. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in the land's bounty, a steadfast continuation of traditions passed down, where the bounty of the harvest dictates the pace of life and the shared sense of community remains a quiet, vital force.
Live animated radar for Putney 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 | Putney, Dougherty County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.470177°N, 84.117684°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31705, 31782 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Putney, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Putney, 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 Putney includes coordinates 31.470177°N, 84.117684°W, situated in Dougherty County. ZIP code 31705, 31782. 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.
