Gaylesville, Alabama Weather
Gaylesville, 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 Gaylesville, Cherokee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gaylesville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gaylesville is published on the Centre-Piedmont-Cherokee County Regional Airport (KPYP) page, 20 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 Gaylesville 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 Gaylesville: Isbell Field (K4A9) 27 km · Richard B Russell Airport (KRMG) 38 km · Polk County Airport- Cornelius Moore Field (K4A4) 47 km · Barwick Lafayette Airport (K9A5) 53 km · Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (KGAD) 59 km
Conditions reported at KPYP describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gaylesville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gaylesville.
About Gaylesville, Alabama
Gaylesville lies in a hollow of rolling hills, a place where the sky opens wide above fields that have seen generations of plow and harvest. It lies 22.4 miles west of Rome, GA (from Rome, GA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 4.4 miles north-east of Cedar Bluff. The Coosa River, a broad, slow artery, skirts the western edge of Cherokee County, its presence felt in the humid air and the way mist clings to the low-lying land in the early morning. Here, the land itself seems to exhale a quiet resilience, the green of the trees a deep, settled hue, punctuated by the occasional weathered barn and the glint of sunlight on a distant corrugated roof. The roads leading into Gaylesville wind through a patchwork of dense woodland and cleared pasture, the scent of pine and damp earth a constant companion. This corner of Alabama carries the marks of its past, a history etched in the very contours of the land. Once, timber and agriculture were the lifeblood of Gaylesville, and though the forests have regrown and the fields yield different crops, the echoes of that labor linger. The economy here is a quiet hum of local businesses and family farms, a steady rhythm that feels rooted in tradition. Small, independent stores line the main thoroughfare, their windows displaying wares that speak of practical needs and community ties. The river, once a highway for commerce and now a source of recreation, still shapes the character of the place, its waters reflecting the ever-changing light and the slow passage of days in Gaylesville.
Live animated radar for Gaylesville 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 | Gaylesville, Cherokee County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.268426°N, 85.556906°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35973 |
| Area Code | 334, 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gaylesville, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gaylesville, 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 Gaylesville includes coordinates 34.268426°N, 85.556906°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 35973. Telephone area code: 334, 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.
