Temperature
65 F at 4 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Franklin County Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Franklin County, Georgia65°
85°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 1 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 85° today.
Now. Franklin County Airport is 65° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° 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 68): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:07 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
68Air quality
98%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8564
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6551
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6344
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6644
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7246
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7448
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7450
UV 6
65°
85°64°
65°51°
63°44°
66°44°
72°46°
74°48°
74°50°
As of 4:00 AM in Franklin County Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Franklin County Airport
Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 32 miles off.
68Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 63YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Franklin County 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 Franklin County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 18A
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 890 ft
- Serves
- Canon
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 18A
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 77° / 257° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Canon (18A), Franklin County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- 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 100 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
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
Canon: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Franklin County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Canon18A
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/848 ft/42 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-85 @ Franklin Weigh Station SBGA339
Beside a road/5.9 mi away/784 ft/106 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Chattooga #1 ClarkesvilleCHGG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.3 mi away/1,470 ft/580 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Watkinsville #1S2013
At a soil climate station/35.9 mi away/770 ft/120 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Royston 4.0 WGA-FR-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/632 ft/258 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Carnesville 4 NCRNG1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/886 ft/4 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Carnesville 4 N (CRNG1), 9.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Georgia
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Franklin County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Canoncity, 1 mi
- Bowersvilletown, 4 mi
- Roystoncity, 4 mi
- Franklin Springscity, 4 mi
- Carnesvillecity, 6 mi
- Lavoniacity, 7 mi
- Eagle Grovecommunity, 8 mi
- Martintown, 11 mi
- Bowmancity, 11 mi
- Gumlogcommunity, 11 mi
- Avalontown, 11 mi
- Hartwellcity, 12 mi
Airports near Franklin County Airport
- Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau FieldTOC, 20 mi
- Elbert County Airport Patz FieldEBA, 25 mi
- Habersham County AirportAJR, 27 mi
- Jackson County AirportJCA, 27 mi
- Athens Ben Epps AirportAHN, 29 mi
- Barrow County AirportWDR, 39 mi
- Lee Gilmer Memorial AirportGVL, 40 mi
- Washington Wilkes County AirportIIY, 43 mi