Temperature
63 F at 3 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gilmer County Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Gilmer County, Georgia63°
82°/61°
Fog·
Feels like 63°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 82° today.
Now. Gilmer County Airport is 63° and fog at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 5 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 61): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:12 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 day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
61Air quality
100%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
63feels63
now, fog
Today
Oct 16
8261
24%
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6045
11%
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6638
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6840
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7343
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7546
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7547
UV 7
63°
82°61°
60°45°
66°38°
68°40°
73°43°
75°46°
75°47°
As of 4:00 AM in Gilmer County Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Gilmer County Airport
Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 46 miles off.
61Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 49A
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,486 ft
- Serves
- Ellijay
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 49A
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 3,507 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 27° / 207° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ellijay (49A), Gilmer County 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 52% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 6 AM Thursday, with a gust of 12 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 6 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 12mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 10 PM Thursday, under a mile for 6 hours; 0.3 miles now.
- Now
- 0.3mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 6
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
Ellijay: 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 Gilmer 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 now3 instruments
Ellijay49A
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,459 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR 515/US-76 @ SR 5/1st Ave.GA325
Beside a road/4.9 mi away/1,398 ft/88 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Carters Lake AT Carters DamCTRG1
At a dam/8.3 mi away/1,089 ft/397 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ellijay 5.0 SSWGA-GM-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,464 ft/22 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
JasperJASG1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/1,499 ft/13 ft above 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 Jasper (JASG1), 9.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Georgia
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Gilmer County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Ellijaycity, 5 mi
- Ellijaycity, 5 mi
- Talking Rocktown, 8 mi
- Jaspercity, 12 mi
- Cherry Logcommunity, 14 mi
- Rangertown, 14 mi
- Fairmountcity, 16 mi
- Chatsworthcity, 18 mi
- Nelsoncity, 19 mi
- Etoncity, 20 mi
- Blue Ridgetown, 20 mi
- Waleskacity, 21 mi
Airports near Gilmer County Airport
- Pickens County AirportJZP, 13 mi
- Dalton Municipal AirportDNN, 21 mi
- Cherokee County Regional AirportCNI, 23 mi
- Tom B. David FieldCZL, 26 mi
- Blairsville AirportDZJ, 34 mi
- Cartersville AirportVPC, 39 mi
- Richard B Russell AirportRMG, 41 mi
- Cobb County International Airport-McCollum FieldRYY, 43 mi