Atlanta, GA Weather Forecast
Fulton County, Georgia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Atlanta, 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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Atlanta, GA at a glance
Atlanta is home to about 510,823 people in Fulton County, across 135 square miles. It is the largest of 218 places in Georgia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is East Point, 7 miles away.
- County
- Fulton County
- Population
- 510,823 2023 est.
- Land area
- 135 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,777
- Forecast point
- 33.7629°N, 84.4227°W
How well can the network see Atlanta?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFFC (Atlanta, GA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,700 ft above Atlanta. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Atlanta show up clearly. Atlanta is closer to its radar than 72% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KFTY (Atlanta/Fulton Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Atlanta
- East Point, GA7 mi
- Hapeville, GA7 mi
- Decatur, GA7 mi
- Brookhaven, GA8 mi
- College Park, GA9 mi
- Smyrna, GA9 mi
- Avondale Estates, GA9 mi
- Forest Park, GA11 mi
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