Palmetto, Georgia Weather
Palmetto, Georgia — 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 Palmetto, Fulton County.
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About Palmetto, Georgia
Palmetto lies in a landscape where the rolling Piedmont hills begin to soften, their contours smoothed by eons of Georgia rain. It lies 8.7 miles west-south-west of Union City, GA (from Union City, GA: bearing 237°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-west of South Fulton. The land here is a patchwork of broadleaf woodlands, their canopies dense and green in the summer months, ablaze with ochre and crimson as autumn descends. Creeks, often fringed with willow and sycamore, thread their way through the terrain, their shallow waters reflecting the sky in shimmering, broken patterns. In the humid air, especially after a sunshower, the scent of damp earth and pine needles mingles, a breath of the wild that still holds sway, even as human settlement has etched its own marks. The sky over Palmetto often stretches vast and luminous, particularly in the late afternoon, when a golden light bathes the fields and the distant tree lines seem to glow with an inner fire. The history of Palmetto is a quiet one, rooted in the agricultural rhythms of the South. For generations, this land was cultivated for its bounty, the rich soil yielding cotton and other crops, a legacy that still whispers in the open fields and the enduring presence of older farmsteads. The local economy, while diversified, retains a connection to the land, with a scattering of businesses that serve the surrounding agricultural communities and a growing presence of light industry drawn by the region’s strategic location. Though not a place of grand monuments, Palmetto possesses a distinct character, shaped by the resilience of its people and the enduring beauty of its natural surroundings, a place where the past is not forgotten but rather lives on in the unhurried pace of everyday life and the persistent, verdant pulse of the Georgia countryside.
Live animated radar for Palmetto and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Palmetto, Fulton County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33.517891°N, 84.669655°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30627, 30268 |
| Area Code | 770, 678, 404, 470 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Palmetto, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Palmetto, Georgia, 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 Palmetto includes coordinates 33.517891°N, 84.669655°W, situated in Fulton County. ZIP code 30627, 30268. Telephone area code: 770, 678, 404, 470. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
