Bear Creek, Alabama Weather
Bear Creek, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Bear Creek, Colbert County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bear Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bear Creek is published on the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (KMSL) page, 15 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Bear Creek have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bear Creek: Bill Pugh Field (KM22) 24 km · Iuka Airport (K15M) 42 km · Posey Field (K1M4) 44 km · Tishomingo County Airport (K01M) 47 km
Conditions reported at KMSL describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bear Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bear Creek.
About Bear Creek, Alabama
Bear Creek flows through a landscape of gentle hills and fertile bottomlands, a region where the Tennessee River's influence is felt in the broad, sweeping curves of the terrain. It lies 10.4 miles south-south-west of Florence, AL (from Florence, AL: bearing 198°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-south-west of Muscle Shoals. The air here, especially in the early morning, carries a humid sweetness, a blend of ripening crops and the damp earth beside the water. Fields of cotton and corn stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by stands of mature oak and hickory trees that cast long shadows as the sun begins its descent, painting the western sky in hues of rose and lavender. The character of Bear Creek is one of quiet perseverance, a place where the land dictates much of life’s rhythm. The history of Bear Creek is deeply intertwined with the fertile soil and the waterways that have sustained its inhabitants for generations. Early settlers were drawn by the promise of agriculture, and the economy of Bear Creek has long been rooted in farming, with cotton once being a dominant crop. While the landscape still bears the marks of this agricultural past, modern life in Bear Creek also sees a modest diversification, with small businesses and local trades providing livelihoods. The gentle murmur of the creek itself is a constant reminder of the natural forces that shaped this place, a subtle soundtrack to the enduring spirit of Bear Creek.
Live animated radar for Bear Creek and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Bear Creek, Colbert County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.65648°N, 87.733364°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35674, 35543, 35581 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bear Creek, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bear Creek, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bear Creek includes coordinates 34.656480°N, 87.733364°W, situated in Colbert County. ZIP code 35674, 35543, 35581. Telephone area code: 256, 205. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
