Cornelia, Georgia Weather
Cornelia, 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 Cornelia, Habersham County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cornelia. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cornelia is published on the Habersham County Airport (KAJR) page, 3 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 Cornelia 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 Cornelia: Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau Field (KTOC) 23 km · Jackson County Airport (KJCA) 38 km · Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (KGVL) 38 km · Franklin County Airport (K18A) 41 km · Lumpkin County Wimpys Airport (K9A0) 46 km
Conditions reported at KAJR describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cornelia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cornelia.
About Cornelia, Georgia
Cornelia rests in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a landscape defined by rolling terrain that gradually ascends towards the more rugged peaks to the north. It lies 22.5 miles north-east of Gainesville, GA (from Gainesville, GA: bearing 49°T), and is situated 1.5 miles north-north-east of Baldwin. The air here, especially in the early mornings, carries a crisp, clean scent, tinged with the pine and damp earth of the surrounding woodlands. Fields of green, often dotted with grazing cattle or rows of ripening crops, stretch out beneath a sky that can shift from brilliant cerulean to a soft, hazy grey with remarkable speed. The Habersham County countryside that cradles Cornelia is a place of quiet beauty, where the land itself seems to breathe with a steady, unforced rhythm, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, paints the world in shades of emerald and gold. The very bones of Cornelia speak of a history tied to the land and the railroads that once promised a vital connection to the wider world. Its economy, while diversified, still carries echoes of its agricultural roots, with a strong presence of fruit orchards and vineyards that dot the surrounding hillsides, their bounty often celebrated in local festivals. The legacy of its founding, a testament to the pioneering spirit, is etched into the modest architecture of its older buildings, a quiet reminder of generations who worked this soil. Today, Cornelia buzzes with a gentle, persistent energy, a place where local businesses thrive, and the character of its people is as warm and inviting as the Georgia sun.
Live animated radar for Cornelia 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 | Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34.511488°N, 83.527117°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30531 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cornelia, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cornelia, 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 Cornelia includes coordinates 34.511488°N, 83.527117°W, situated in Habersham County. ZIP code 30531. 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.
