Bishop, Georgia Weather
Bishop, 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 Bishop, Oconee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bishop. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bishop is published on the Athens Ben Epps Airport (KAHN) page, 18 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 Bishop 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 Bishop: Barrow County Airport (KWDR) 28 km · Greene County Regional Airport (KCPP) 37 km · Jackson County Airport (KJCA) 41 km · Covington Municipal Airport (KCVC) 43 km · Gwinnett County Briscoe Field (KLZU) 52 km
Conditions reported at KAHN describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bishop specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bishop.
About Bishop, Georgia
Bishop rests in a gentle cradle of Oconee County, Georgia, where the land rises and falls in soft, rolling swells, hinting at the piedmont's slow, patient shaping. It lies 10.4 miles south-south-west of Athens, GA (from Athens, GA: bearing 200°T), and is situated 3.5 miles south-south-west of Watkinsville. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid air, casts a warm, honeyed glow on the scattered farmsteads and the verdant fields that stretch towards the horizon, a patchwork of emerald and gold. The air here carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun and, in the distance, the faint, earthy perfume of freshly tilled soil. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching wide like generous arms, mark the edges of these cultivated expanses, their leaves rustling a quiet conversation with the breeze. This is a place where the echoes of agrarian life still resonate, the land having long sustained generations through the cultivation of cotton, corn, and later, timber. The history of Bishop is woven into the subtle contours of its landscape, a legacy of hard work and resilience etched into the very soil. Today, the local economy, while diverse, still finds its roots in the land, with agribusiness and the processing of agricultural products playing a significant role, alongside the quiet hum of small businesses that serve the surrounding neighborhoods. The sense of community is palpable, a quiet camaraderie that binds its residents, an unhurried rhythm to the days that flow like the slow-moving creeks meandering through the surrounding woodlands.
Live animated radar for Bishop 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 | Bishop, Oconee County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33.819286°N, 83.438772°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30621 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bishop, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bishop, 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 Bishop includes coordinates 33.819286°N, 83.438772°W, situated in Oconee County. ZIP code 30621. Telephone area code: 770, 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.
