Temperature
72 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Barrow County Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Barrow County, Georgia71°
84°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 84° today.
Now. Barrow County Airport is 71° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 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 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. 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 11:10 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
62Air quality
79%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8464
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6551
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6244
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6743
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7346
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7348
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7349
UV 7
71°
84°64°
65°51°
62°44°
67°43°
73°46°
73°48°
73°49°
As of 12:00 AM in Barrow County Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Barrow County Airport
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 19 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
- Ozone38Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 64, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 64YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barrow County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 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 Barrow County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WDR
- ICAO
- KWDR
- IATA
- WDR
- Field elevation
- 943 ft
- Serves
- Winder
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- WDR
- Wind now
- From 240° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,607 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | 6 mph head, on 23 | 1 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,202 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | 2 mph head, on 31 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Winder (WDR), Barrow County 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 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 47 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the west southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 7 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 4,900 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,900ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
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
Winder: 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 Barrow 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 now5 instruments
WinderWDR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/942 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Brookhaven - N. Druid Hills Rd SBGA357
Beside a road/9.8 mi away/853 ft/90 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Watkinsville #1 ScanWKSG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.1 mi away/770 ft/173 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Watkinsville #1S2013
At a soil climate station/15.1 mi away/770 ft/173 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Watkinsville 5 SSE63850
At a climate reference station/21.6 mi away/741 ft/202 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Winder 1.1 SEGA-BW-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/986 ft/43 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MonroeMONG1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/922 ft/21 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 Barrow County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Barrow County Airport
- Monroe Walton County AirportD73, 14 mi
- Jackson County AirportJCA, 15 mi
- Gwinnett County Briscoe FieldLZU, 17 mi
- Athens Ben Epps AirportAHN, 20 mi
- Lee Gilmer Memorial AirportGVL, 22 mi
- Covington Municipal AirportCVC, 26 mi
- Habersham County AirportAJR, 36 mi
- DeKalb Peachtree AirportPDK, 37 mi