Cherokee Ridge, Alabama Weather
Cherokee Ridge, 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 Cherokee Ridge, Marshall County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cherokee Ridge. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cherokee Ridge is published on the Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field (K8A1) page, 28 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. 6 airfields within reach of Cherokee Ridge 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 Cherokee Ridge: Redstone Army Air Field (KHUA) 31 km · Huntsville International Airport (KHSV) 31 km · Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field (KCMD) 32 km · Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (K5M0) 34 km · Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field (KBFZ) 35 km
Conditions reported at K8A1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cherokee Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cherokee Ridge.
About Cherokee Ridge, Alabama
Cherokee Ridge rises from the rolling hills of Marshall County, its slopes cloaked in a dense, whispering embrace of oak and hickory. It lies 21.3 miles south of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 176°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-north-west of Arab. The land itself seems to breathe, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and pine needles after a spring rain, a subtle perfume that clings to the winding country roads. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating patches of wild azalea and the sturdy, weathered fences that mark property lines. Here, the horizon is a gentle, undulating line, broken only by the distant, hazy blue of the Cumberland Plateau, a constant, silent sentinel. The very texture of the place is one of resilience, of quiet endurance against the slow, steady march of seasons. The history of Cherokee Ridge is etched into the very grain of its soil, a legacy of hardy settlers who carved a life from this fertile but demanding landscape. For generations, the rhythm of life here has been dictated by the seasons and the demands of agriculture, with corn and cotton once dominating the patchwork fields. While the economy has diversified, the echoes of that agrarian past remain, a connection to the land that still resonates in the local character. The occasional weathered barn, standing sentinel against the sky, or the faint scent of woodsmoke on a cool evening, are quiet reminders of generations who worked this ground. Though no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring spirit of Cherokee Ridge is a testament to the quiet strength of its people and the enduring beauty of its natural setting.
Live animated radar for Cherokee Ridge 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 | Cherokee Ridge, Marshall County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.4222°N, 86.5624°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35175 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cherokee Ridge, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cherokee Ridge, 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 Cherokee Ridge includes coordinates 34.422200°N, 86.562400°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 35175. 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.
