Lester, Alabama Weather
Lester, 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 Lester, Etowah County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lester. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lester is published on the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (KGAD) page, 4 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. 4 airfields within reach of Lester 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 Lester: Robbins Field (K20A) 24 km · Talladega Municipal Airport (KASN) 48 km · St Clair County Airport (KPLR) 50 km
Conditions reported at KGAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lester.
About Lester, Alabama
Lester rests in a broad, shallow valley, where the rolling hills of northern Etowah County begin to soften their stride. It lies 6.6 miles west of Gadsden, AL (from Gadsden, AL: bearing 261°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north-west of Rainbow City. The land here is a patchwork of sun-baked fields and stands of pine, their needles whispering secrets to the warm Alabama air. Scattered farmhouses, painted in hues of faded white and robin's egg blue, dot the landscape, their porches often shaded by ancient oaks that seem to hold the memory of countless summers. The sky overhead is vast and often a brilliant, washed-out blue, especially in the late afternoon when the light takes on a honeyed quality, slanting across the fields and catching the dust motes dancing in the stillness. The history of Lester is tied to the earth, to the fertile soil that has sustained generations of farmers. While no grand industries define its present, the echoes of past agricultural endeavors linger, evident in the quiet diligence of those who still tend the land. The local economy, though modest, is built on the enduring spirit of self-sufficiency and neighborly exchange. Small general stores, their screen doors banging rhythmically, serve as informal gathering places, where the talk often turns to the weather, the crops, and the quiet passage of time in this tranquil corner of Alabama. There's a gentle persistence to life in Lester, a sense of belonging that comes from roots sunk deep into the red clay.
Live animated radar for Lester 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 | Lester, Etowah County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.999264°N, 86.121086°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35954, 35647 |
| Area Code | 334, 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lester, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lester, 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 Lester includes coordinates 33.999264°N, 86.121086°W, situated in Etowah County. ZIP code 35954, 35647. Telephone area code: 334, 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.
