Gadsden, AL Weather Forecast
Etowah County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Gadsden, 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.
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Gadsden, AL at a glance
Gadsden is home to about 33,229 people in Etowah County, across 37 square miles. It ranks 17th by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Attalla, 6 miles away.
- County
- Etowah County
- Population
- 33,229 2023 est.
- Land area
- 37 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 887
- Forecast point
- 34.0066°N, 86.0161°W
How well can the network see Gadsden?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHTX (Huntsville, AL), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 5,000 ft above Gadsden. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Gadsden can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KGAD (Gadsden/NE Alabama Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Gadsden
- Attalla, AL6 mi
- Glencoe, AL6 mi
- Rainbow City, AL7 mi
- Southside, AL8 mi
- Hokes Bluff, AL9 mi
- Boaz, AL15 mi
- Jacksonville, AL20 mi
- Weaver, AL21 mi
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