Temperature
67 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jackson County Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Jackson County, Georgia67°
85°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Light air 4 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 85° today.
Now. Jackson County Airport is 67° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° 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 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 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 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
61Air quality
99%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8565
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6551
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6345
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6744
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7347
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7449
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7450
UV 7
67°
85°65°
65°51°
63°45°
67°44°
73°47°
74°49°
74°50°
As of 2:00 AM in Jackson County Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Jackson County Airport
Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 17 miles off.
61Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate17.1 mi
- Ozone-34 ppb20.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)24Good17.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jackson County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Jackson County Airport, the next 43 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
- JCA
- ICAO
- KJCA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 951 ft
- Serves
- Jefferson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JCA
- Wind now
- From 270° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,210 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 163° / 343° | 1 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jefferson (JCA), Jackson County 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 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 4 PM Thursday to 97% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the west at 1 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 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 2 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 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 700 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 4 AM 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
Jefferson: 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 Jackson County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
JeffersonJCA
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/931 ft/20 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-85 @ SR11GA336
Beside a road/5.1 mi away/794 ft/157 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Watkinsville #1 ScanWKSG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.4 mi away/770 ft/181 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Watkinsville #1S2013
At a soil climate station/21.4 mi away/770 ft/181 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Watkinsville 5 SSE63850
At a climate reference station/29.1 mi away/741 ft/210 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Jefferson 2.7 ENEGA-JC-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/901 ft/50 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CommerceCOMG1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/814 ft/137 ft below 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 Jackson County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Jackson County Airport
- Barrow County AirportWDR, 15 mi
- Lee Gilmer Memorial AirportGVL, 17 mi
- Athens Ben Epps AirportAHN, 21 mi
- Habersham County AirportAJR, 23 mi
- Gwinnett County Briscoe FieldLZU, 27 mi
- Franklin County Airport18A, 27 mi
- Monroe Walton County AirportD73, 28 mi
- Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau FieldTOC, 33 mi