Milstead, Georgia Weather
Milstead, Georgia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Milstead, Rockdale County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Milstead. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Milstead is published on the Covington Municipal Airport (KCVC) page, 15 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 Milstead 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 Milstead: Gwinnett County Briscoe Field (KLZU) 32 km · DeKalb Peachtree Airport (KPDK) 36 km · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) 41 km · Barrow County Airport (KWDR) 44 km · Atlanta Speedway Airport (KHMP) 46 km
Conditions reported at KCVC describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Milstead specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Milstead, Georgia
Milstead lies in a gentle fold of Rockdale County, where the land, once given over to the patient labor of agriculture, now breathes a quieter air. It lies 8.9 miles east-south-east of Redan, GA (from Redan, GA: bearing 116°T), and is situated 2.0 miles north-east of Conyers. Rolling hills, not so steep as to demand great exertion, give way to broad expanses of sky that seem to hold the light longer in the late afternoons, painting the scattered pines and hardwoods in hues of ochre and rose. The air itself carries a faint, sweet scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, mingled with the richer, darker perfume of damp earth after a summer shower. Creeks, little more than whispers in dry spells, swell into purposeful streams after the rains, their banks softened by ferns and the encroaching green of wild growth, hinting at the hidden life that thrives beneath the surface of this unassuming landscape. The history of Milstead is largely written in the soil and the slow turning of seasons. For generations, this was a place of farms, of families coaxing sustenance from the Georgia clay, and the echoes of that agrarian past still resonate in the quiet roads and the occasional weathered barn. The local economy, while diversified now, retains a connection to its roots, with a scattering of small businesses serving the needs of residents who appreciate the unhurried rhythm of life here. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring spirit of Milstead is found in the enduring character of its people and the simple, honest beauty of its surroundings, a place where the passage of time feels measured less by clocks and more by the slow, steady growth of the trees and the changing patterns of the sun across the land.
Live animated radar for Milstead 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 | Milstead, Rockdale County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33.687888°N, 83.992134°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30012 |
| Area Code | 404, 470, 678 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Milstead, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Milstead, 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 Milstead includes coordinates 33.687888°N, 83.992134°W, situated in Rockdale County. ZIP code 30012. Telephone area code: 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.
