LaFayette, Georgia Weather
LaFayette, Georgia — 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 LaFayette, Walker County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near LaFayette. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for LaFayette is published on the Barwick Lafayette Airport (K9A5) page, 2 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 LaFayette 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 LaFayette: Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (KCHA) 37 km · Dalton Municipal Airport (KDNN) 38 km · Richard B Russell Airport (KRMG) 41 km · Tom B. David Field (KCZL) 42 km · Collegedale Municipal Airport (KFGU) 45 km
Conditions reported at K9A5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at LaFayette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for LaFayette.
About LaFayette, Georgia
LaFayette rests in the embrace of northwestern Georgia's rolling hills, a landscape etched by the gentle sculpting of time and the persistent flow of water. It lies 18.3 miles west-south-west of Dalton, GA (from Dalton, GA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-south-west of Rock Spring. The terrain here, a mosaic of soft ridges and fertile valleys, breathes with the damp, earthy scent of pine and rich soil, especially potent after a summer rain. Broadleaf forests, a deep, verdant green in the warmer months, soften the edges of the horizon, their shadows stretching long and cool across fields of corn and soybeans. The air itself seems to hold a certain stillness, a quiet hum that is not silence but rather the absence of hurried clamor, punctuated by the distant call of a crow or the low rumble of a passing train. This place, LaFayette, carries a history woven into the very fabric of its being, a narrative shaped by both struggle and resilience. The nearby Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park whispers of Civil War echoes, a somber reminder of the ground’s storied past. Economically, LaFayette has long relied on the bounty of its land, with agriculture forming a foundational pillar, though the echoes of textile mills and manufacturing still resonate in the town's character. The presence of the Chickamauga Creek, its waters glinting under the sun, offers a constant, quiet presence, a vein of life that has sustained generations. In the late afternoon light, the old courthouse, a sturdy sentinel in the town square, seems to absorb the day's warmth, a tangible link between the LaFayette of yesterday and the LaFayette of today.
Live animated radar for LaFayette 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 | LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34.704802°N, 85.2819°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30728 |
| Area Code | 770 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This LaFayette, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for LaFayette, Georgia, 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 LaFayette includes coordinates 34.704802°N, 85.281900°W, situated in Walker County. ZIP code 30728. Telephone area code: 770. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
