Temperature
69 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fitzgerald Municipal Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Ben Hill County, Georgia69°
87°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 87° today.
Now. Fitzgerald Municipal Airport is 69° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, 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 58° 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 52): 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 sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:16 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
83%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8765
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7158
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6650
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7250
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7752
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7853
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7953
UV 7
69°
87°65°
71°58°
66°50°
72°50°
77°52°
78°53°
79°53°
As of 2:00 AM in Fitzgerald Municipal Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Fitzgerald Municipal Airport
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (GA), 33 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fitzgerald Municipal 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 Fitzgerald Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FZG
- ICAO
- KFZG
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 365 ft
- Serves
- Fitzgerald
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FZG
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 12° / 192° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 unlit | 2,984 ft | 300 ft | Grass | 141° / 321° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fitzgerald (FZG), Fitzgerald Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 3 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 3 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 5,500 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,500ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Fitzgerald: 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 Fitzgerald 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 now4 instruments
FitzgeraldFZG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/342 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little RiverS2027
At a soil climate station/20.8 mi away/350 ft/15 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
I-75 @ SR30/US280GA346
Beside a road/34.1 mi away/302 ft/63 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
McraeMRAG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.4 mi away/246 ft/119 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fitzgerald 2.5 NGA-BH-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/377 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PridgenPRDG1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.4 mi away/312 ft/53 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 Pridgen (PRDG1), 20.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:26. measured daily
Elsewhere in Georgia
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fitzgerald Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Fitzgerald Municipal Airport
- Henry Tift Myers AirportTMA, 22 mi
- Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers AirportDQH, 28 mi
- Crisp County Cordele AirportCKF, 36 mi
- Telfair Wheeler AirportMQW, 37 mi
- Heart of Georgia Regional AirportEZM, 38 mi
- Hazlehurst AirportAZE, 39 mi
- Bacon County AirportAMG, 46 mi
- Cochran Airport48A, 49 mi