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Milton, Georgia

City in Fulton County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Milton

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 30 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate16.8 mi
  • Ozone-3 ppb16.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good16.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide16Good17.2 ppb24.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm24.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Milton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Milton, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Milton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Alpharetta 3.8 NNEGA-FS-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,076 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CummingCUMG1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/1,309 ft/259 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank837of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Cherokee County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Milton, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

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 5 mi.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: 5 MI0510TITLECherokee 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

64.8 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cherokee County: temperature 64.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.8 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cherokee County, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT 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

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Snow on the ground

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