Salem, Georgia Weather
Salem, 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 Salem, Catoosa County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Salem. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Collegedale Municipal Airport (KFGU) page, 10 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 Salem 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 Salem: Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (KCHA) 17 km · Dalton Municipal Airport (KDNN) 30 km · Cleveland Regional Jetport (KRZR) 36 km · Barwick Lafayette Airport (K9A5) 38 km · Marion County Airport - Brown Field (KAPT) 51 km
Conditions reported at KFGU describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salem.
About Salem, Georgia
Salem unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape etched by time and the slow, deliberate work of water. It lies 13.6 miles north-north-west of Dalton, GA (from Dalton, GA: bearing 342°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south of Collegedale. The air here, particularly in the long, golden afternoons of late summer, carries the scent of warm earth and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that seems to pulse with the very life of the land. The terrain, a gentle rise and fall, hints at the ancient geological forces that shaped this corner of Georgia, with patches of mature oak and hickory standing sentinel over fields that have yielded crops for generations. The light, when it begins its descent, spills like honey over the rounded slopes, transforming the ordinary into something quietly profound. This is a place where the echoes of the past are not lost but woven into the present fabric of life. Salem's beginnings are tied to the fertile soil and the promise of sustenance, a history built on the backbreaking labor of farming that has sustained its people for over a century. The local economy, once heavily reliant on agriculture, now sees a quiet diversification, with small businesses and workshops contributing to the town's steady pulse. Though no grand monuments mark its history, the enduring spirit of its founders can be felt in the solid clapboard houses and the unhurried pace of daily life, a testament to a community that has learned to thrive through resilience and a deep connection to its roots.
Live animated radar for Salem 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 | Salem, Catoosa County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34.957021°N, 85.042449°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 30677, 30736, 30906, 31016 |
| Area Code | 706, 762, 912 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 34.957021°N, 85.042449°W, situated in Catoosa County. ZIP code 30677, 30736, 30906, 31016. Telephone area code: 706, 762, 912. 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.
