Ray City, Georgia Weather
Ray 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 Ray City, Berrien County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ray City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ray City is published on the Moody Air Force Base (KVAD) page, 12 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 Ray 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 Ray City: Valdosta Regional Airport (KVLD) 33 km · Homerville Airport (KHOE) 41 km · Henry Tift Myers Airport (KTMA) 48 km · Spence Airport (KMUL) 49 km · Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers Airport (KDQH) 55 km
Conditions reported at KVAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ray City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ray City.
About Ray City, Georgia
Ray City rests in a landscape where the earth exhales a gentle, humid breath, a place of piney woods and languid creeks that meander through the flatlands. It lies 17.4 miles north-north-east of Valdosta, GA (from Valdosta, GA: bearing 16°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-south-east of Nashville. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening pecans and the damp musk of the Low Country earth. Sunlight filters through the canopy of longleaf pines, casting shifting patterns on the sandy soil, a quiet dance of light and shadow that seems to dictate the unhurried pace of life. The horizon here is soft, not sharply defined, and the sky often stretches in an expanse of pale blue, sometimes brushed with the wispy strokes of distant clouds. The story of Ray City is etched in the patterns of agriculture and the resilience of small-town Georgia. Its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, particularly the cultivation of tobacco and pecans, crops that have shaped the rhythms of planting and harvest for generations. The legacy of these agricultural roots is still palpable in the quiet streets and the weathered barns that dot the surrounding countryside. While the railroad once played a more prominent role, its echoes can still be felt in the infrastructure that facilitated the movement of goods and people, connecting this pocket of Berrien County to the wider world. Today, Ray City maintains its character as a place where community bonds are strong, and the simple pleasures of country living are cherished.
Live animated radar for Ray 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 | Ray City, Berrien County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.074644°N, 83.199319°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31645 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ray City, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ray 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 Ray City includes coordinates 31.074644°N, 83.199319°W, situated in Berrien County. ZIP code 31645. 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.
