Gainesville, GA Weather Forecast
Hall County, Georgia
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, GA at a glance
Gainesville is home to about 47,265 people in Hall County, across 34 square miles. It ranks 20th by population of 218 places in Georgia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Oakwood, 6 miles away.
- County
- Hall County
- Population
- 47,265 2023 est.
- Land area
- 34 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,403
- Forecast point
- 34.2901°N, 83.8291°W
How well can the network see Gainesville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFFC (Atlanta, GA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 6,500 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 KGVL (Gainesville/Gilmer Mem). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Gainesville
- Oakwood, GA6 mi
- Flowery Branch, GA10 mi
- Lula, GA12 mi
- Braselton, GA13 mi
- Hoschton, GA15 mi
- Buford, GA15 mi
- Jefferson, GA17 mi
- Sugar Hill, GA18 mi
Elsewhere in Georgia
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