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Blanket Temperature Thresholds
  • Heavy Blanket: 34°F
  • Medium Blanket: 44°F
  • Light Blanket: 54°F
    • Blanketing Adjustment Rule:
    When rain chance is at least 25%, subtract 10°F from the feels-like temp before comparing to thresholds.

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About Should I Blanket?

Should I Blanket? turns forecast conditions into practical blanket guidance. It compares your horse's feels-like temperature against your saved thresholds and applies your rain adjustment when precipitation chances are high.

Current setup: Light <= 54°F, Medium <= 44°F, Heavy <= 34°F, rain rule 25% / -10°F.

Weather source: OpenWeather with Open-Meteo cross-check (alert if difference >= 4°F).

National Weather Service alerts 1 Active
Special Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement issued April 17 at 1:44AM EDT by NWS Peachtree City GA
Effective: 2026-04-17T01:44:00-04:00 - Expires: 2026-04-17T20:00:00-04:00
View on weather.gov ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3489924697bb85d5ca09d71382cd33a25bf35024.001.1

Relative Humidities of 30 percent or less can be expected for 4 or more hours this afternoon and evening. Winds will be west to northwest at 4-7 MPH. With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme caution.

Horse Weather Decisions - Newnan
Today: No blanket needed
As of 2:19 PM
Details
Coldest during the day is 62°F (feels like 61°F), which is above your no blanket threshold of 46°F. Rain chance is 0% (below your threshold of 25%), so no rain adjustment is applied. Tonight's low is 62°F (feels like 61°F for 2 hours), which is above your no blanket threshold of 46°F.
Sunrise7:06 AM
Sunset8:10 PM
High87°F
Low62°F
Wind1 mph
Rain0%
Temp now
85°F
Feels like 83°F
  • 📅 Tomorrow
    Day (8:00 AM): No blanket
    Details
    Coldest during the day is 61°F. Rain chance is 0% (below your threshold of 25%), so no rain adjustment is applied. 61°F is above your no blanket threshold of 46°F.
    Night (4:00 PM): No blanket
    Details
    Night low is 66°F, which is above your no blanket threshold of 46°F.
  • 📅 Sun
    Day (8:00 AM): Medium blanket
    Details
    Coldest during the day is 45°F. Rain chance is 67% (at or above your threshold of 25%). Rain adjustment is 10°F. Effective day temperature for this decision is 35°F, which is below your medium threshold of 38°F.
    Night (4:00 PM): No blanket
    Details
    Night low is 51°F, which is above your no blanket threshold of 46°F.

Next 24 Hours (3-hour blocks)

Fri 05 PM
86° feels 84°
Clear Sky
0% 3 mph
Fri 08 PM
80° feels 80°
Clear Sky
0% 3 mph
Fri 11 PM
67° feels 67°
Clear Sky
0% 2 mph
Sat 02 AM
64° feels 63°
Clear Sky
0% 3 mph
Sat 05 AM
62° feels 61°
Overcast Clouds
0% 4 mph
Sat 08 AM
63° feels 63°
Overcast Clouds
0% 3 mph
Sat 11 AM
77° feels 77°
Overcast Clouds
0% 6 mph
Sat 02 PM
84° feels 83°
Overcast Clouds
0% 9 mph
Warm-Weather Mode

Heat Risk - Newnan

Moderate heat risk driven by warm daytime temperatures, limited cooling wind.

Moderate heat risk
Best window
Sat 11 AM
Avoid window
Mid afternoon
Tomorrow
Some relief tomorrow
Overnight low near 61°F
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