Metter GA Local Weather

About This Station

The station is powered by an Oregon Scientific WMR-968 weather station. Temperature(+/- .2 Degrees F) and humidity (+/- 1%) data is collected every 37 seconds, wind data every 14 seconds (+/- 1 MPH) and rain data every 47 seconds (+/- 1mm).  The website is updated every 10 minutes. This site and its data is produced by Weather Display Software. The station comprises of an anemometer, rain gauge and a thermo-hygro sensor situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible.

Why do I do this?

Several years ago friend and co-worker got me and another of my co-workers interested in weather reporting and it has since became a very interesting hobby.  There are two important things that drive our everyday lives and they are time and weather.  The websites of my friends can be viewed at:  www.georgiawx.net  and www.georgiawx.net/candler

About This City

Metter, the county seat of Candler County, was originally incorporated in Bulloch County on August 17, 1903. Later the county boundaries were redrawn and Metter became part of Candler County.

Metter's beginning, like many other small cities in Georgia, relates to the railroad. The city was established solely as a stop on the railroad. Supposedly, the City of Metter was named by a railroad official for his wife because he "met her" in Metter

There are two places listed on the National Register of Historic Places: The Candler County courthouse, built in 1921, and the South Metter Residential Historic District, comprised of numerous late 19th and early 20th century homes. Old Lake Church in Metter, built in 1839, is one of the oldest Primitive Baptist Churches in existence.

According to 2000 Census, the City of Metter had a population of 3,879 persons. Between 1990 and 2000, the city experienced a population increase of 4.6%, compared to the state growth during this period of 26.4%.