Temperature
69 F at 11 PM Friday; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Friday, and 62 F at its coolest, 5 AM Friday.
- Now
- 69F
- 11 PM Friday
- Highest
- 87F
- 2 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 5 AM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Valdosta Regional Airport, Georgia
Medium airport in Lowndes County, Georgia70°
71°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 1 mph WSW
Now. Valdosta Regional Airport is 70° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 12 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 12:14 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 24 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
90%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
7161
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6850
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7150
12mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7450
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7751
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7751
UV 7
Fri
Oct 23
7751
UV 6
70°
71°61°
68°50°
71°50°
74°50°
77°51°
77°51°
77°51°
As of 12:00 AM in Valdosta Regional Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Valdosta Regional Airport
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hamilton County (FL), 28 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Valdosta Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. 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 Valdosta Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VLD
- ICAO
- KVLD
- IATA
- VLD
- Field elevation
- 203 ft
- Serves
- Valdosta
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- VLD
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,598 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 36° / 216° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 8,003 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Valdosta Regional (VLD), Valdosta Regional 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 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 3 PM Friday to 100% at 5 AM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 11 PM Friday
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 3 PM Friday, with a gust of 18 mph at 10 AM Friday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 3 PM Friday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 10 AM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 7 AM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 7 AM Friday
- 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 1,600 ft at 10 AM Friday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,600ft
- 10 AM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Valdosta Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Valdosta Regional 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/203 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Adel 2SAELG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.3 mi away/249 ft/46 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Valdosta 5.1 WSWGA-LW-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/208 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Homerville 5NHMVG1
At a cooperative observer's station/34.8 mi away/207 ft/4 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 Homerville 5N (HMVG1), 34.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Georgia
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Near Valdosta Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Valdosta Regional Airport
- Moody Air Force BaseVAD, 14 mi
- Homerville AirportHOE, 35 mi
- Thomasville Regional AirportTVI, 37 mi
- Moultrie Municipal AirportMGR, 38 mi
- Henry Tift Myers AirportTMA, 46 mi
- Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers AirportDQH, 54 mi
- Waycross Ware County AirportAYS, 61 mi
- Fitzgerald Municipal AirportFZG, 62 mi