Athens, AL Weather Forecast
Limestone County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Athens, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Athens, AL at a glance
Athens is home to about 30,904 people in Limestone County, across 41 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Madison, 12 miles away.
- County
- Limestone County
- Population
- 30,904 2023 est.
- Land area
- 41 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 761
- Forecast point
- 34.7790°N, 86.9508°W
How well can the network see Athens?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHTX (Huntsville, AL), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,600 ft above Athens. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KDCU (Decatur/Pryor Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Athens
- Madison, AL12 mi
- Decatur, AL14 mi
- Trinity, AL15 mi
- Huntsville, AL17 mi
- Triana, AL18 mi
- Priceville, AL18 mi
- Hartselle, AL23 mi
- Moulton, AL28 mi
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