Rainsville, AL Weather Forecast
DeKalb County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rainsville, 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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Rainsville, AL at a glance
Rainsville is home to about 5,768 people in DeKalb County, across 21 square miles. It ranks 98th by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fort Payne, 9 miles away.
- County
- DeKalb County
- Population
- 5,768 2023 est.
- Land area
- 21 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 278
- Forecast point
- 34.4944°N, 85.8365°W
How well can the network see Rainsville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHTX (Huntsville, AL), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,100 ft above Rainsville. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Rainsville is closer to its radar than 66% of US cities.
The closest weather station is K4A9 (Fort Payne/Isbell Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Rainsville
- Fort Payne, AL9 mi
- Scottsboro, AL16 mi
- Guntersville, AL25 mi
- Centre, AL25 mi
- Albertville, AL27 mi
- Boaz, AL27 mi
- Summerville, GA28 mi
- New Hope, AL33 mi
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