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Sunny skies this past Sunday offered an opportunity to get outside for some unique goat yoga at Fall Line Brewing Co. from Hometown Yoga, featuring adorable goats from Fort Valley's Half Pint Have (Photographer Nate Weeks)
5-03-2026 3:07pm
7 Day Weather and Astronomy Forecast for Macon and Middle Georgia (5/4-5/10)
Nate Weeks
Editor
The sun will be out bright to start the first full week of May, with rain showers starting on Wednesday and continuing through the weekend, if the National Weather Service's weather forecast proves accurate. Skywatchers can possibly see up to 30 shooting stars per hour on Tuesday and Wednesday night during the peak of the Eta Aquariids meteor shower. The following is the day-by-day weather and astronomy forecast for this week in the heart of Georgia.
DAY-BY-DAY WEATHER FORECAST
MONDAY, May 4th
Sunny with a high temperature near 80.
Monday Night
Mostly clear skies with a low temperature of near 52.
TUESDAY, May 5th
Sunny with a high temperature near 84. Light south wind increasing 5 to 10 mph in the morning, with wind gusts as high as 15 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low temperature near 59.
WEDNESDAY, May 6th
30% chance of showers after 2 p.m. Partly cloudy with a high temperature near 87.
Wednesday Night
60% chance of showers and thunderstorms, with rain likely, and a possible thunderstorm after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy with a low temperature near 67.
THURSDAY, May 7th
80% chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly cloudy with a high temperature near 82.
Thursday Night
60% chance of showers, mostly before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a low temperature near 52.
FRIDAY, May 8th
20% chance of showers. Mostly sunny with a high temperature near 78.
Friday Night
20% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy with a low temperature near 54.
SATURDAY, May 9th
20% chance of showers. Mostly sunny with a high temperature near 82.
Saturday Night
50% chance of rain, with occasional showers. Cloudy skies and a low temperature near 58.
SUNDAY, May 10th
50% chance of rain. Cloudy, and a high near 80. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
40% chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low temperature near 61.
ASTRONOMY FORECAST
The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks this Tuesday and Wednesday, with skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere able to see 10 to 30 shooting stars per hour. Unfortunately, with the recent Full Moon, viewing conditions in Middle Georgia will be challenging with the bright moonlight. Sky observers in Australia and other locations in the Southern Hemisphere will possibly see up to 50 shooting stars per hour. The Eta Aquariids meteor shower appears as if coming from the constellation Aquarius, specifically its dim star Eta Aquarii. The Aquarius constellation, identified by the astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century, was known as GU.LA, which meant The Great One, in the Babylonian star catalogues. The constellation also represented the god Ea (aka Enki), who was commonly portrayed as holding an overflowing vase. The Babylonians believed Enki had created mankind from clay so that they could take over the work of the gods.
