Ball Ground, Georgia Weather
Ball Ground, Georgia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Ball Ground, Cherokee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ball Ground. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ball Ground is published on the Cherokee County Regional Airport (KCNI) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Ball Ground have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Ball Ground: Pickens County Airport (KJZP) 15 km · Gilmer County Airport (K49A) 35 km · Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field (KRYY) 41 km · Lumpkin County Wimpys Airport (K9A0) 42 km · Cartersville Airport (KVPC) 50 km
Conditions reported at KCNI describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ball Ground specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ball Ground.
About Ball Ground, Georgia
Ball Ground lies cradled by the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, persistent life. It lies 9.6 miles north-east of Canton, GA (from Canton, GA: bearing 43°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-west of Big Canoe. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, a patchwork of dense, verdant woodlands giving way to open fields where the sun, especially in the late afternoon, spills a warm, honeyed light. Creeks, their waters clear and cool, thread their way through the landscape, whispering secrets to the moss-covered stones that line their banks. The air, particularly after a summer rain, carries the rich, earthy scent of damp soil and pine needles, a fragrance that clings to the senses long after one has left the immediate vicinity of Ball Ground. The history of Ball Ground is deeply entwined with the fertile land and the waterways that sustained its early settlers, primarily those drawn by the promise of agriculture. For generations, farming has been the backbone of the local economy, with crops like corn and soybeans finding purchase in the rich soil. While the agricultural roots remain strong, a subtle shift has occurred; many now commute to larger centers for work, yet the enduring spirit of Ball Ground, its unpretentious character, persists. You can still feel the echoes of its past in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its older buildings and in the way folks greet each other with a genuine nod and a friendly word, a testament to the enduring sense of community that defines this corner of Cherokee County.
Live animated radar for Ball Ground and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34.338149°N, 84.376591°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30705, 30107 |
| Area Code | 770, 404, 470, 678 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ball Ground, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ball Ground, Georgia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ball Ground includes coordinates 34.338149°N, 84.376591°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 30705, 30107. Telephone area code: 770, 404, 470, 678. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
