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Fort Gaines, Georgia Weather

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

Fort Gaines weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Gaines, GA
Friday, June 5 at 8:22 AM
65
°
Clear
Feels like
66°
Humidity
78%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
6:34 AM
Sunset
8:42 PM
Fort Gaines, GA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Gaines, GA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 68°H 86°
Fort Gaines, GA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    86°63°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    90°67°+4°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    88°70°-2°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    92°72°+4°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    12%
    94°73°+2°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    93°74°-1°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Drizzle
    29%
    92°73°-1°
Fort Gaines, GA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
092° · veering 32°
Direction
E
092°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 6
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 6 · pk 16 @ 11:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 175SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 32° from the e.
Fort Gaines, GA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1012.2
+1.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.89 inHg
Now
1012.2
mb
3h
+1.8
mb
12h
+2.0
mb
24h
-1.8
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10121017
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.51011.91014.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Fort Gaines, GA
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
-19 in 6h

AQI 42 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 19 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.82 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 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
7.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
80μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 8

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.82 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.82
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Gaines, GA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
38.1mi
UNLIMITED
123 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
08:22 UTC ·Fort Gaines, 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
08:22 UTC ·Fort Gaines, GA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fort Gaines, GA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Gaines, GA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Gaines, GA
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:08 AM
Sunrise
6:34 AM
Daylight
14h 08m
Sunset
8:42 PM
Civil dusk
1:11 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fort Gaines, GA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
4:21 AM
Moonset
3:04 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fort Gaines, GA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Fort Gaines at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 18°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 25 (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 Fort Gaines

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.