Temperature
70 F at 1 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Athens Ben Epps Airport, Georgia
Medium airport in Clarke County, Georgia69°
86°/64°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 69°·Light air 1 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 86° today.
Now. Athens Ben Epps Airport is 69° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° 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 65): 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 Sunday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:09 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
65Air quality
84%Humidity
72%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
69feels69
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8664
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6652
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6345
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6844
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7446
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7548
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7550
UV 7
69°
86°64°
66°52°
63°45°
68°44°
74°46°
75°48°
75°50°
As of 2:00 AM in Athens Ben Epps Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Athens Ben Epps Airport
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 2 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate2.3 mi
- Ozone31Good34 ppb2.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)20Good2.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 63YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 56, moderate, Fri 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Athens Ben Epps Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Athens Ben Epps Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AHN
- ICAO
- KAHN
- IATA
- AHN
- Field elevation
- 808 ft
- Serves
- Athens
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AHN
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,995 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 21° / 201° | Calm | Calm |
| 09 / 27 | 6,122 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 88° / 268° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Athens Municipal (AHN), Athens Ben Epps 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 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 4 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 4mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 4 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 5,000 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,000ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Athens Municipal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Athens Ben Epps 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 now5 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/810 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AthensAFRG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/732 ft/76 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR10-01420-W-01GA361
Beside a road/5.2 mi away/712 ft/96 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Watkinsville #1S2013
At a soil climate station/7.7 mi away/770 ft/38 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Watkinsville 5 SSE63850
At a climate reference station/12.1 mi away/741 ft/67 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Athens 4.7 ESEGA-CK-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/721 ft/87 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DanielsvilleDANG1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/886 ft/78 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 Danielsville (DANG1), 11.7 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 Athens Ben Epps Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wintervillecity, 3 mi
- Athenscity, 3 mi
- Hullcity, 5 mi
- Arnoldsvillecity, 7 mi
- Watkinsvillecity, 8 mi
- Colbertcity, 9 mi
- Crawfordcity, 11 mi
- Bishoptown, 11 mi
- Bogarttown, 12 mi
- North High Shoalstown, 13 mi
- Nicholsoncity, 13 mi
- Lexingtoncity, 13 mi
Airports near Athens Ben Epps Airport
- Barrow County AirportWDR, 20 mi
- Jackson County AirportJCA, 21 mi
- Monroe Walton County AirportD73, 24 mi
- Greene County Regional AirportCPP, 27 mi
- Franklin County Airport18A, 29 mi
- Elbert County Airport Patz FieldEBA, 31 mi
- Washington Wilkes County AirportIIY, 32 mi
- Lee Gilmer Memorial AirportGVL, 37 mi