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Ball Ground, Georgia

City in Cherokee County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Ball Ground

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 32 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ball Ground

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 Ball Ground, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Ball Ground, GeorgiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ball Ground, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ball Ground 0.1 WGA-CE-54

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/1,106 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

JasperJASG1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/1,499 ft/404 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank139of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Cherokee County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.2 mi from Ball Ground, Georgia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cherokee County, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNIFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHEROKEE COUNTYSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECherokee County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CNITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cherokee County: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNIFIG. B THE AIR AT CHEROKEE COUNTYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 66.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLECherokee County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Cherokee County, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNIFIG. C THE WIND AT CHEROKEE COUNTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECherokee County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cherokee County, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Jasper (JASG1), 11.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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