1-04-2026 2:53pm

7 Day Weather and Astronomy Forecast for Macon and Middle Georgia (1/5-1/11)

Nate Weeks Editor

This week's high temperatures could be records breaking (Photograph by Nate Weeks)

A new year will bring some potentially record-breaking high temperatures. Friday and Saturday will bring high chances of rain showers, according to the National Weather Service. Meanwhile, skygazers can get a good view of massive Jupiter on Saturday. The following is a day-by-day weather and astronomy forecast for this week in the heart of Georgia.

Day-by-Day Weather Forecast

MONDAY, January 5th

Partly sunny skies with a high temperature near 66.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy skies with a low temperature around 47.

TUESDAY, January 6th

Partly sunny skies with a high temperature near 72. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning with wind gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday Night

20% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy skies with a low temperature around 54.

WEDNESDAY, January 7th

Partly sunny skies with a high temperature around 75.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy skies with a low temperature around 53.

THURSDAY, January 8th

20% chance of showers after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy skies with a high temperature near 75.

Thursday Night

20% chance of showers after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy skies with a low temperature around 57.

FRIDAY, January 9th

40% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy skies with a high temperature near 73.

Friday Night

50% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy skies and a low temperature of around 50.

SATURDAY, January 10th

50% chance of showers. Partly sunny skies with a high temperature near 63.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy skies with a low temperature around 49.

SUNDAY, January 11th

Partly cloudy skies and a high temperature around 54. Winds North West at 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night

Generally clear skies with a low temperature around 35.

ASTRONOMY FORECAST

SATURDAY, January 10th

Jupiter in Full Opposition: Jupiter, that huge planet full of hydrogen and helium that weighs more than twice as much as all the other planets in our solar system, will be easy to see on Saturday. Jupiter will be in the east sky at sunset and will be at its highest in the sky around midnight.