Brighton, Alabama Weather
Brighton, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Brighton, Jefferson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Brighton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Brighton is published on the Bessemer Airport (KEKY) page, 14 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. 3 airfields within reach of Brighton 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 Brighton: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) 23 km · Shelby County Airport (KEET) 32 km
Conditions reported at KEKY describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brighton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Brighton, Alabama
Brighton unfolds across a rolling landscape of Appalachian foothills, where the earth itself seems to exhale a scent of damp soil and pine needles, especially after a spring shower. It lies 2.3 miles north of Bessemer, AL (from Bessemer, AL: bearing 11°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west-north-west of Hoover. The terrain here is a study in gentle rises and dips, not dramatic, but enough to create a sense of depth and shadow, particularly as the late afternoon sun slants through the deciduous canopy. Small creeks, their waters often a silty brown from the mineral-rich earth, meander through the hollows, their quiet gurgle a constant, subtle soundtrack to the rustling leaves. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a cool, clean crispness, hinting at the verdant growth that carpets the surrounding hillsides, a rich, almost velvety green in the summer months. The history of Brighton is deeply entwined with the earth it occupies, its very character shaped by the veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its surface. This was a place forged in the industry of extraction, where generations of families built their lives around the rhythmic clang of pickaxes and the steady hum of mining machinery. Though the era of large-scale coal mining has largely receded, the legacy lingers, a quiet stoicism embedded in the local psyche and the weathered facades of older buildings. The economic pulse of Brighton now beats to a different rhythm, with a greater emphasis on services and smaller manufacturing, yet the memory of its industrial heart remains a defining characteristic, a testament to resilience and adaptation.
Live animated radar for Brighton 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 | Brighton, Jefferson County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.434276°N, 86.947215°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35020 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brighton, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brighton, 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 Brighton includes coordinates 33.434276°N, 86.947215°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 35020. Telephone area code: 205, 256. 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.
