Gardendale, Alabama Weather
Gardendale, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Gardendale, Tuscaloosa County.
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About Gardendale, Alabama
Gardendale spreads across rolling terrain, a mosaic of dense woods and open fields that hums with the quiet energy of Southern life. It lies 3.5 miles south-west of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 226°T), and is situated 4.3 miles south-south-west of Northport. The air here, especially in the late afternoons when the sun begins its slow descent, carries a faint, sweet scent of pine and damp earth, a signature of the Black Warrior River basin's gentle hills. The landscape is punctuated by the occasional farmstead, its weathered barns standing sentinel against the vast, often cloud-dappled sky, and by the steady advance of suburban development, a testament to the region's enduring appeal. It's a place where the shadows lengthen dramatically across the undulating ground, painting the trees in strokes of deep indigo as evening approaches. The history of Gardendale is intertwined with the rich agricultural legacy of this part of Alabama, once dominated by cotton plantations that shaped the very contours of the land. Today, while vestiges of that past remain in the fertile soil, the local economy has diversified, leaning into the robust growth of commerce and service industries that cater to its expanding population. The proximity to larger urban centers has fostered a unique character for Gardendale, a blend of small-town friendliness and the conveniences of modern living, where the hum of traffic on main thoroughfares can still be softened by the rustle of leaves in a nearby wooded lot. It’s a place that honors its roots while looking forward, a characteristic evident in the blend of older, established neighborhoods and newer developments that continually reshape its visual narrative.
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| Location | Gardendale, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.174286°N, 87.612786°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35401, 35071 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gardendale, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gardendale, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Gardendale includes coordinates 33.174286°N, 87.612786°W, situated in Tuscaloosa County. ZIP code 35401, 35071. Telephone area code: 256, 205. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
