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GEORGIA · FULTON COUNTY

Milton

41,490 people, 990 ft above sea level in Fulton County.

990 ftElevation, city center
41,490People, 2024 estimate
39 sq miLand area
Clear 42°
Clear now Dew point 27° · NW 8 mph · high 43°
City of Milton River Interstate 2 miles
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The Milton plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Milton

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 6:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Cherokee County Airport (KCNI) · 7:35 PM
Clear
42° Clear Feels like 37° · high of 43° near 7 PM
WindNW 8 mphno gusts
Humidity55%rising to 96% by morning
Pressure30.20 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 27° · Dry41° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 120.06 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Freeze WarningFreeze Warning issued November 14 at 2:23PM EST until November 15 at 9:00AM EST by NWS Peachtree City GA
NWS Peachtree City and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 7:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:09 AM5:34 PM ↓
10 h 25 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
15
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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SUNDAY, NOV. 15
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 29 to 31° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 39° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Sunny Sunny
43° 29°
0% rain — NNW 5 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
58° 34°
0% rain — WNW 2 B
MON Nov. 16 Sunny Sunny
59° 34°
0% rain — E 4 B
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
62° 36°
0% rain — E 3 A
WED Nov. 18 Sunny Sunny
64° 39°
0% rain — E 5 A
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
68° 42°
0% rain — NNE 2 A
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
70° 44°
0% rain — E 2 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Milton about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the southern Plains three days ago, and over the Ohio Valley a day ago, about 1,210 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from the Appalachians; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific Northwest. It feels humid. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Milton stands on

Milton’s center stands about 990 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 960 ft to 1,200 ft, a difference of 240 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Sawnee Mountain, about 1,940 ft, 11 miles northeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Biotitic Gneiss / Mica Schist/ Amphibolite (amphibolite, biotite-gneiss, mica-schist), from the Precambrian to Paleozoic.

The section below crosses 5 rock units mapped at the surface.

Milton, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
800 ft1,000 ft1,200 ft MILTON990 ftChattahoochee Riverabout 850 ftBig Creekabout 1,000 ftRoswell1,090 ftHigh point of the line1,310 ft ← SW · Sandy SpringsNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 42×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Biotitic Gneiss / Mica Schist/ Amphibolite

Amphibolite, biotite-gneiss, mica-schist. Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 16 mi of the line.

Mica Schist/ Gneiss/ Amphibolite

Gneiss, mica-schist, amphibolite. Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 6 mi of the line.

Amphibolite

Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 1 mi of the line.

Granitic Gneiss undifferentiated

Gneiss. Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 0.9 mi of the line.

Quartzite

Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 0.3 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Milton’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Milton reaches Mobile Bay and the Gulf of America by way of Chicken Creek, the Little River, the Etowah, the Coosa, the Alabama and the Mobile: about 720 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Milton≈ 720 mi · Mobile Bay and the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF MILTON ≈ 720 mi to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of America Chicken Creek → Little River → Etowah → Coosa → Alabama → Mobile

Lakes on the way: Lay Lake and Allatoona Lake.

310 miles of the trip are on the Alabama.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Milton; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Milton on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Atlanta GA · 27 MI 27 miles south South Fulton GA · 38 MI 38 miles southwest Columbus GA · 117 MI 117 miles south Augusta GA · 140 MI 140 miles southeast Huntsville AL · 140 MI 140 miles west Nashville TN · 198 MI 198 miles northwest
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GEORGIA · FULTON

Milton

41,490 people, 990 ft above sea level in Fulton County.

990 ftElevation
41,490People
39 sq miLand
Clear 42°
ClearDew point 27°
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Today in Milton

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now clear night 43° 0%
10p clear night 37° 0%
1a clear night 33° 0%
4a clear night 31° 0%
7a clear day 29° 0%
10a mostly sunny 46° 0%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Milton stands on

Milton’s center stands about 990 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 960 ft to 1,200 ft, a difference of 240 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Sawnee Mountain, about 1,940 ft, 11 miles northeast.

Milton, southwest to northeast Milton990 ftChattahoochee Riverabout 850 ftBig Creekabout 1,000 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 79×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center990 ft
Within 3 miles960 to 1,200 ft
Lie of the landRolling (240 ft of relief)
High point nearbySawnee Mountain, 1,940 ft, 11 mi northeast
Rock at the surfaceBiotitic Gneiss / Mica Schist/ Amphibolite
Its agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
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Where the rain goes

≈ 720 mito the GulfChicken Creek → Little River → Etowah → Coosa → Alabama → Mobile

A raindrop that lands in Milton reaches Mobile Bay and the Gulf of America by way of Chicken Creek, the Little River, the Etowah, the Coosa, the Alabama and the Mobile: about 720 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Lay Lake and Allatoona Lake.

310 miles of the trip are on the Alabama.