Iron City, Georgia Weather
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Iron City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 5Overcast——87°63°—
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——91°67°+4°
- SundayJun 7Overcast——88°71°-3°
- MondayJun 8Overcast——91°74°+3°
- TuesdayJun 9Light Drizzle10%0.01″79°73°-12°
- WednesdayJun 10Overcast18%—93°71°+14°
- ThursdayJun 11Drizzle34%0.01″89°73°-4°
AQI 54 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 16 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 39. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 39
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 9
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.87
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 4:18 AM
- Moonset
- 3:05 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias
Iron City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 21 (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.