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Nelson, Georgia

City in Cherokee County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Nelson

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (GA), 32 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 11 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Nelson

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Nelson, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Nelson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

JasperJASG1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/1,499 ft/262 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, 5.7 mi from Nelson, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Cherokee County, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 7 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.7 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Cherokee County: temperature 63.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 98 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.7 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Jasper (JASG1), 9.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Georgia

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Nelson

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Nelson

River and lake gauges