Salem, Georgia Weather
Salem, 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 Salem, Oconee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Salem. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Athens Ben Epps Airport (KAHN) page, 26 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 Salem 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 Salem: Greene County Regional Airport (KCPP) 27 km · Barrow County Airport (KWDR) 39 km · Covington Municipal Airport (KCVC) 44 km · Jackson County Airport (KJCA) 53 km · Washington Wilkes County Airport (KIIY) 53 km
Conditions reported at KAHN describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salem.
About Salem, Georgia
Salem rests in a fold of Oconee County where the land begins to rise, a gentle preamble to the higher Piedmont. It lies 16.5 miles south of Athens, GA (from Athens, GA: bearing 182°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-north-east of Madison. Here, the broad shoulders of Georgia's inland hills are cloaked in a dense tapestry of oak, pine, and hickory, their branches reaching skyward as if in silent supplication. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the subtle perfume of damp earth and decaying leaves, a scent that deepens as the sun dips below the tree line, casting long, amber shadows across the winding country roads. Small creeks, their banks often moss-slicked and shadowed, thread their way through the terrain, feeding into larger waterways that whisper their way toward the Oconee River. The character of Salem is etched not in grand pronouncements, but in the quiet persistence of the land and the slow, deliberate cadence of its days. The history of Salem is tied to the soil and the slow turning of agricultural seasons. Once a place where cotton and tobacco were king, its economy has since diversified, with small businesses and local crafts now anchoring its livelihood. The remnants of older farms, weathered barns and stone fences, speak of generations who worked this land, their stories carried on the wind that rustles through the fields. While no grand historical markers dominate the landscape, there is a palpable sense of continuity, a feeling that the past is not entirely gone but merely resting beneath the surface, waiting for the right moment to stir. The quiet hum of machinery from a local mill, or the distant bark of a dog, are the sounds that define the present, a gentle echo of what has been.
Live animated radar for Salem 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 | Salem, Oconee County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33.722901°N, 83.386272°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30677, 30736, 30906, 31016 |
| Area Code | 706, 762, 912 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 33.722901°N, 83.386272°W, situated in Oconee County. ZIP code 30677, 30736, 30906, 31016. Telephone area code: 706, 762, 912. 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.
