Citizen station DW2659DW2659
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/790 ft/13 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 61° after 83° today.
Now. Varnell is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 67): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:13 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Varnell, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 67, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 24 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Varnell, GeorgiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Varnell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW2659DW2659
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/790 ft/13 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mill Creek At Dalton02385500
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.8 mi away/690 ft/113 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-75 @ SR 2GA318
Beside a road/10.3 mi away/978 ft/175 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/13.8 mi away/709 ft/94 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cohutta 1.5 EGA-WF-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/882 ft/79 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LARC-Swg Tr PltCWTG1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.3 mi away/722 ft/81 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Varnell, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.