Gardendale, Alabama Weather
Gardendale, 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 Gardendale, Tuscaloosa County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gardendale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gardendale is published on the Tuscaloosa National Airport (KTCL) page, 5 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 Gardendale 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 Gardendale: North Pickens Airport (K3M8) 44 km · Eutaw Municipal Airport (K3A7) 46 km · George Downer Airport (KAIV) 55 km · Greensboro Municipal Airport (K7A0) 55 km · Bibb County Airport (K0A8) 55 km
Conditions reported at KTCL describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gardendale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gardendale.
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.
Live animated radar for Gardendale 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
