Temperature
63 F at 3 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dawson Municipal Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Terrell County, Georgia63°
86°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 63°·Light air 2 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 86° today.
Now. Dawson Municipal Airport is 63° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:20 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
63Air quality
100%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
63feels63
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8663
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7054
20mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6649
18mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7148
15mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7649
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7851
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7951
UV 7
63°
86°63°
70°54°
66°49°
71°48°
76°49°
78°51°
79°51°
As of 4:00 AM in Dawson Municipal Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Dawson Municipal Airport
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Albany (GA), 22 miles off.
63Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 62YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dawson Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Dawson Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 16J
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 333 ft
- Serves
- Dawson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 16J
- Wind now
- From 310° at 2 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,510 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | 2 mph head, on 31 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dawson (16J), Dawson Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 12 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,000 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,000ft
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Dawson: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Dawson Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Dawson16J
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/315 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PlainsPLAG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.9 mi away/459 ft/126 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Newton 8 W63828
At a climate reference station/30.1 mi away/176 ft/157 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Albany 8.0 WNWGA-DH-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.9 mi away/239 ft/94 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Experiment STNPLNG1
On a farm or research station/21.2 mi away/515 ft/182 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Georgia
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Dawson Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Dawson Municipal Airport
- Southwest Georgia Regional AirportABY, 20 mi
- Jimmy Carter Regional AirportACJ, 29 mi
- Early County AirportBIJ, 37 mi
- Camilla Mitchell County AirportCXU, 38 mi
- Crisp County Cordele AirportCKF, 41 mi
- Lawson Army Air FieldLSF, 53 mi
- Decatur County Industrial Air ParkBGE, 55 mi
- Donalsonville Municipal Airport17J, 58 mi