Temperature
79 F at 6 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 79F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau Field is 62° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 12:04 AM after midnight. 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau Field, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 35 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,008 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 21° / 201° | 2 mph head, on 03 | 12 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 unlit | 2,951 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 88° / 268° | 10 mph head, on 27 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Toccoa (TOC), Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
79 F at 6 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 59% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the southwest at 6 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 21 mph at 12 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.92 inHg at 6 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,700 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Toccoa: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau Field, 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 now3 instruments
ToccoaTOC
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/970 ft/26 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Chattooga #1 ClarkesvilleCHGG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/1,470 ft/474 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-85 @ Franklin Weigh Station SBGA339
Beside a road/14.1 mi away/784 ft/212 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Toccoa 0.6 ESEGA-ST-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,024 ft/28 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ToccoaTOCG1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/1,024 ft/28 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.