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Mountain City, Georgia Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mountain City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Mountain City, GA
Friday, June 5 at 7:12 AM
59
°
Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
62%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
6:20 AM
Sunset
8:44 PM
Mountain City, GA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMountain City, GA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 57°H 78°
Mountain City, GA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    78°56°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    80°63°+2°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    80°63°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    40%
    78°67°-2°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Showers
    39%
    0.01″
    79°65°+1°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    42%
    83°65°+4°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    78°66°-5°
Mountain City, GA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
022° · veering 40°
Direction
NNE
022°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 12 @ 9:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 72SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Mountain City, GA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
941.6
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 27.81 inHg
Now
941.6
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
-1.1
mb
24h
-1.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 942948
935940945950955-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW947.8941.5943.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Mountain City, GA
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-17 in 6h

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 17 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
9μg/m³
OzoneGood
49μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mountain City, GA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.5mi
UNLIMITED
91 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
07:12 UTC ·Mountain City, GA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
07:12 UTC ·Mountain City, GA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Mountain City, GA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mountain City, GA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mountain City, GA
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:52 AM
Sunrise
6:20 AM
Daylight
14h 24m
Sunset
8:44 PM
Civil dusk
1:14 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Mountain City, GA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
4:21 AM
Moonset
2:51 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Mountain City, GA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mountain City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 21°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Mountain City

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.