Garden City, 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 Garden City, Cullman County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Garden City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Garden City is published on the Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field (KCMD) page, 30 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. 3 airfields within reach of Garden City 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 Garden City: Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (K5M0) 47 km · Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field (KBFZ) 51 km
Conditions reported at KCMD describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garden City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garden City.
Garden City unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling terrain of North Central Alabama, where the verdant embrace of deciduous forests meets the open promise of cultivated fields. It lies 28.4 miles north-north-west of Trussville, AL (from Trussville, AL: bearing 344°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-south-east of Hanceville. The air here carries the humid, earthy scent of ripening crops and the distant, sweet perfume of honeysuckle that spills over weathered fence lines. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, filters through the broad leaves of oak and hickory, casting a warm, dappled glow that softens the edges of barns and the quiet lines of country roads. Creeks, their beds lined with smooth, grey stones, meander through the hollows, their low murmur a constant, soothing counterpoint to the buzz of cicadas on a summer day. This patch of Cullman County, Garden City, has long been a place of honest labor, its economy historically rooted in the rich, red soil that yields cotton, corn, and a variety of truck farm produce. Generations have toiled under the Alabama sun, their lives intertwined with the agricultural cycles that dictate the seasons and the rhythm of community life. Though the whispers of farming past still linger in the weathered barns and the stoic faces of its residents, the local economy has broadened to include small manufacturing and service industries that provide a steady hum beneath the quiet surface. A notable landmark is the unassuming presence of the Garden City Fire Department, a hub of community action and a testament to the shared spirit of its people, always ready to lend a hand, whether to a neighbor in need or in celebrating local traditions that bind them together.
Live animated radar for Garden City 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 | Garden City, Cullman County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.014544°N, 86.746941°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35070, 35077 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garden City, 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 Garden City includes coordinates 34.014544°N, 86.746941°W, situated in Cullman County. ZIP code 35070, 35077. Telephone area code: 205, 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.