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Rain will continue through the beginning of the week, with a dry, but cloudy, weekend (Photographer Nate Weeks)
5-10-2026 4:08pm
7 Day Weather and Astronomy Forecast for Macon and Middle Georgia (5/11-5/17)
Nate Weeks
Editor
Showers should continue this week through Wednesday, high temperatures will be in the 80s and 90s, and cloud cover might make outdoor activities more enjoyable this weekend, if the National Weather Service's weather forecast proves accurate. Skywatchers can admire the brightness of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, on Friday evening. 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 11th
30% chance of showers and thunderstorms (mostly between 2 and 5 p.m.). Mostly sunny, with a high temperature near 86.
Monday Night
10% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low temperature of near 59.
TUESDAY, May 12th
Mostly sunny with a high temperature near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with wind gusts as high as 15 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low temperature near 56.
WEDNESDAY, May 13th
20% chance of showers after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high temperature near 84.
Wednesday Night
10% chance of showers before 8 p.m. Mostly clear, with a low temperature near 59.
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THURSDAY, May 14th
Sunny, with a high temperature near 82.
Thursday Night
Clear, with a low temperature near 53.
FRIDAY, May 15th
Sunny with a high temperature near 83.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low temperature near 56.
SATURDAY, May 16th
Mostly sunny, with a high temperature near 88.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low temperature near 63.
SUNDAY, May 17th
Partly cloudy, and a high near 92.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low temperature near 65.
ASTRONOMY FORECAST
This week, Venus will be at perihelion, which means it is as close to the Sun as it gets, on Friday, May 15th. Visibility should be decent that night, and Venus is easily visible without a telescope. Venus can be found on the western horizon. It looks bright and white and is visible in the evening sky from February through September, then in the morning sky from November to January. Because Venus has a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere and sulphuric acid clouds, the planet appears white or yellowish-white when viewed through a telescope. In Roman mythology, Venus is a Roman goddess whose attributes are love, beauty, desire, fertility, prosperity, and victory. She was also believed to be an ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas.
Venus appears peaceful in this photo taken from NASA's Mariner 10, but its atmosphere gives the planet its nickname of "Earth's evil twin" (Photograph courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech)
