Alachua, FL Weather Forecast
Alachua County, Florida
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Alachua, 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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Alachua, FL at a glance
Alachua is home to about 10,770 people in Alachua County, across 36 square miles. It ranks 167th by population of 275 places in Florida with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is High Springs, 7 miles away.
- County
- Alachua County
- Population
- 10,770 2023 est.
- Land area
- 36 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 298
- Forecast point
- 29.7652°N, 82.4751°W
How well can the network see Alachua?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJAX (Jacksonville, FL), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,400 ft above Alachua. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Alachua can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KGNV (Gainesville Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Alachua
- High Springs, FL7 mi
- Gainesville, FL10 mi
- Newberry, FL11 mi
- Starke, FL25 mi
- Williston, FL26 mi
- Lake City, FL31 mi
- Macclenny, FL41 mi
- Ocala, FL45 mi
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