Athens, GA Weather Forecast
Clarke County, Georgia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Athens, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Athens, GA at a glance
Athens is home to about 128,628 people in Clarke County, across 116 square miles. It ranks 6th by population of 218 places in Georgia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Watkinsville, 7 miles away.
- County
- Clarke County
- Population
- 128,628 2023 est.
- Land area
- 116 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,105
- Forecast point
- 33.9496°N, 83.3701°W
How well can the network see Athens?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFFC (Atlanta, GA), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 6,900 ft above Athens. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Athens can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAHN (Athens/Epps Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Athens
- Watkinsville, GA7 mi
- Statham, GA13 mi
- Jefferson, GA19 mi
- Commerce, GA19 mi
- Winder, GA20 mi
- Monroe, GA23 mi
- Hoschton, GA24 mi
- Madison, GA26 mi
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