Gainesville, FL Weather Forecast
Alachua County, Florida
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Gainesville, 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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Gainesville, FL at a glance
Gainesville is home to about 145,812 people in Alachua County, across 64 square miles. It ranks 13th by population of 275 places in Florida with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Alachua, 10 miles away.
- County
- Alachua County
- Population
- 145,812 2023 est.
- Land area
- 64 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,279
- Forecast point
- 29.6795°N, 82.3468°W
How well can the network see Gainesville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJAX (Jacksonville, FL), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,400 ft above Gainesville. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Gainesville can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KGNV (Gainesville Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Gainesville
- Alachua, FL10 mi
- Newberry, FL15 mi
- High Springs, FL17 mi
- Williston, FL21 mi
- Starke, FL23 mi
- Ocala, FL37 mi
- Lake City, FL39 mi
- Palatka, FL40 mi
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