Temperature
64 F at 2 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Thomson-McDuffie County Airport, Georgia
Small airport in McDuffie County, Georgia66°
87°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 87° today.
Now. Thomson-McDuffie County Airport is 66° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 82): 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 6:55 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
82Air quality
94%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8763
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6753
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6345
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6844
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7446
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7548
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7548
UV 6
66°
87°63°
67°53°
63°45°
68°44°
74°46°
75°48°
75°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Thomson-McDuffie County Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Thomson-McDuffie County Airport
Index 82, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 34 miles off.
82Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)82Moderate-
- Ozone37Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 76, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 76YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Thomson-McDuffie County 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 Thomson-McDuffie County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 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
- HQU
- ICAO
- KHQU
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 501 ft
- Serves
- Thomson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HQU
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,514 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Thomson (HQU), Thomson-McDuffie 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 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 3 PM Thursday to 98% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Thomson: 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 Thomson-McDuffie County 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
ThomsonHQU
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/499 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-20 @ Columbia Weigh Station WBGA332
Beside a road/17.9 mi away/302 ft/199 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WashingtonWSNG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.4 mi away/604 ft/103 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Thomson 4.6 NGA-MD-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/481 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Thomson 2SSETHMG1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/552 ft/51 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 Thomson-McDuffie County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Thomson-McDuffie County Airport
- Washington Wilkes County AirportIIY, 24 mi
- Daniel FieldDNL, 28 mi
- Augusta Regional At Bush FieldAGS, 34 mi
- Greene County Regional AirportCPP, 36 mi
- Elbert County Airport Patz FieldEBA, 43 mi
- Baldwin County Regional AirportMLJ, 49 mi
- Millen Airport2J5, 54 mi
- Athens Ben Epps AirportAHN, 55 mi