Gainesville, Alabama Weather
Gainesville, Alabama — 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 Gainesville, Sumter County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gainesville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gainesville is published on the Eutaw Municipal Airport (K3A7) page, 28 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville: George Downer Airport (KAIV) 32 km · Demopolis Municipal Airport (KDYA) 44 km · Naval Air Station Meridian / McCain Field (KNMM) 48 km · Greensboro Municipal Airport (K7A0) 49 km · Macon Municipal Airport (K20M) 49 km
Conditions reported at K3A7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gainesville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gainesville.
About Gainesville, Alabama
Gainesville, Alabama, is a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet contentment. It lies 43.5 miles south-west of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 232°T), and is situated 16.4 miles north of Livingston. The terrain here is a gentle rolling of hills, softened by the humid embrace of the Deep South, their slopes often cloaked in a dense tapestry of pine and hardwood. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm shafts, illuminating the rich, dark soil that promises fertility. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers, a palpable presence that settles over the landscape like a comforting shawl. Life here moves at a cadence dictated by the sun and the seasons, a slow unfolding that allows for a deep appreciation of the natural world. The history of Gainesville is intertwined with the fertile Black Belt region, its early prosperity built on the rich agricultural potential of the land. Cotton once reigned supreme, its white bolls a familiar sight across the horizon, shaping the fortunes and the very character of the community. While the agricultural landscape has diversified, the echo of those cotton fields still whispers in the breeze, a reminder of the deep roots that anchor Gainesville. The economy, now a blend of farming, small businesses, and perhaps a quiet reliance on the resources of the surrounding countryside, hums with a steady, unpretentious energy. There's a sense of enduring continuity, a feeling that the generations who have lived and worked here have left an indelible mark, a quiet testament to resilience and adaptation.
Live animated radar for Gainesville 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 | Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.820964°N, 88.158914°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35464 |
| Area Code | 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gainesville, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gainesville, Alabama, 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 Gainesville includes coordinates 32.820964°N, 88.158914°W, situated in Sumter County. ZIP code 35464. Telephone area code: 256. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
