Fort Payne, AL Weather Forecast
DeKalb County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fort Payne, 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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Fort Payne, AL at a glance
Fort Payne is home to about 14,957 people in DeKalb County, across 56 square miles. It ranks 48th by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rainsville, 9 miles away.
- County
- DeKalb County
- Population
- 14,957 2023 est.
- Land area
- 56 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 265
- Forecast point
- 34.4573°N, 85.6894°W
How well can the network see Fort Payne?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHTX (Huntsville, AL), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,600 ft above Fort Payne. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Fort Payne is closer to its radar than 57% of US cities.
The closest weather station is K4A9 (Fort Payne/Isbell Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fort Payne
- Rainsville, AL9 mi
- Summerville, GA19 mi
- Centre, AL21 mi
- Scottsboro, AL24 mi
- LaFayette, GA29 mi
- Rome, GA32 mi
- Boaz, AL32 mi
- Albertville, AL33 mi
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