Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jimmy Carter Regional Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Sumter County, Georgia67°
86°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 86° today.
Now. Jimmy Carter Regional Airport is 67° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
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 64): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:18 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
64Air quality
87%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8663
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7054
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6648
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7246
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7748
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7950
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7950
UV 7
67°
86°63°
70°54°
66°48°
72°46°
77°48°
79°50°
79°50°
As of 12:00 AM in Jimmy Carter Regional Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Jimmy Carter Regional Airport
Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Albany (GA), 37 miles off.
64Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 69, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 69YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jimmy Carter Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Jimmy Carter Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ACJ
- ICAO
- KACJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 468 ft
- Serves
- Americus
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ACJ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,011 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | Calm | Calm |
| 10 / 28 unlit | 3,786 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Americus (ACJ), Jimmy Carter Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 PM 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 5,500 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,500ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 1 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 1 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Americus: 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 Jimmy Carter Regional 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
AmericusACJ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/469 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PlainsPLAG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.3 mi away/459 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-75 @ SR30/US280GA346
Beside a road/27.7 mi away/302 ft/166 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Americus 1.6 NEGA-SR-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/392 ft/76 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AmericusAMRG1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/489 ft/21 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 Jimmy Carter Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Americuscity, 3 mi
- Andersonvillecity, 7 mi
- Ellavillecity, 11 mi
- Lesliecity, 12 mi
- De Sotocity, 13 mi
- Plainscity, 13 mi
- Oglethorpecity, 15 mi
- Smithvillecity, 15 mi
- Montezumacity, 16 mi
- Doolingtown, 17 mi
- Byromvilletown, 18 mi
- Idealcity, 18 mi
Airports near Jimmy Carter Regional Airport
- Crisp County Cordele AirportCKF, 26 mi
- Dawson Municipal Airport16J, 29 mi
- Butler Municipal Airport6A1, 32 mi
- Perry Houston County AirportPXE, 37 mi
- Southwest Georgia Regional AirportABY, 40 mi
- Lawson Army Air FieldLSF, 49 mi
- Robins Air Force BaseWRB, 51 mi
- Middle Georgia Regional AirportMCN, 51 mi