Russell, Georgia Weather
Russell, 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 Russell, Barrow County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Russell. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Russell is published on the Barrow County Airport (KWDR) page, 3 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 Russell 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 Russell: Gwinnett County Briscoe Field (KLZU) 24 km · Jackson County Airport (KJCA) 25 km · Athens Ben Epps Airport (KAHN) 35 km · Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (KGVL) 35 km · Covington Municipal Airport (KCVC) 41 km
Conditions reported at KWDR describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Russell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Russell.
About Russell, Georgia
Russell presents itself as a quiet confluence of red earth and sky, its gentle slopes giving way to the broad, patient sweep of Georgia's Piedmont. It lies 16.6 miles east of Lawrenceville, GA (from Lawrenceville, GA: bearing 85°T), and is situated 1.5 miles south-east of Winder. Here, where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and the distant hum of cicadas, the landscape unfolds with a languid grace. Old oaks, their limbs gnarled like the hands of time, stand sentinel over fields that breathe in the sun's golden warmth, while the occasional glint of a distant pond catches the eye, a cool promise in the humid air. The very character of Russell is etched in the subtle rise and fall of the terrain, a topography that invites contemplation rather than conquest. The history of Russell is deeply entwined with the agrarian pulse of this region, a story told in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of its scattered homes. For generations, the fertile soil has yielded its bounty, fostering a local economy that still holds to the enduring strength of agriculture, with cotton and soybeans once dominating the verdant expanse. Though the landscape may whisper of a simpler past, Russell now embraces a more varied rhythm, with small businesses and a growing residential appeal contributing to its evolving identity. The community’s strength lies in its rootedness, a quiet resilience that mirrors the enduring spirit of the land itself, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the present character of its people and their enduring connection to this particular corner of Georgia.
Live animated radar for Russell 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 | Russell, Barrow County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33.978722°N, 83.70017°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30680 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Russell, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Russell, 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 Russell includes coordinates 33.978722°N, 83.700170°W, situated in Barrow County. ZIP code 30680. Telephone area code: 770, 678. 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.
