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Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Gainesville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Gainesville, AL
Thursday, June 4 at 12:35 AM
77
°
Overcast
Feels like
79°
Humidity
57%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
7:56 PM
Gainesville, AL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGainesville, AL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 82°
Gainesville, AL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    83°69°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    82°63°-1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    87°61°+5°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    27%
    0.07″
    89°66°+2°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    60%
    0.20″
    81°70°-8°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    55%
    89°68°+8°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    59%
    94°71°+5°
Gainesville, AL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
103° · veering 36°
Direction
ESE
103°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 23 @ 4:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 226SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 36° from the ese.
Gainesville, AL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.7
+0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 29.93 inHg
Now
1013.7
mb
3h
+0.3
mb
12h
-1.0
mb
24h
+2.0
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.61013.21015.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Gainesville, AL
Air quality
52
AQI
Moderate
0 in 6h

PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
87μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 41. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~69%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 41
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 5

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Gainesville, AL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
69.7mi
UNLIMITED
84 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
00:35 UTC ·Gainesville, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
00:35 UTC ·Gainesville, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Gainesville, AL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Gainesville, AL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Gainesville, AL
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:18 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
14h 12m
Sunset
7:56 PM
Civil dusk
1:26 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Gainesville, AL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
3:59 AM
Moonset
2:14 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Gainesville, AL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Gainesville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Gainesville

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.