Chickasaw, Alabama Weather
Chickasaw, 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 Chickasaw, Mobile County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Chickasaw. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Chickasaw is published on the Mobile Downtown Airport (KBFM) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw: Mobile Regional Airport (KMOB) 18 km · St Elmo Airport (K2R5) 35 km · Roy E. Ray Airport (K5R7) 37 km · Trent Lott International Airport (KPQL) 55 km · Dauphin Island Airport (K4R9) 56 km
Conditions reported at KBFM describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chickasaw specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Chickasaw, Alabama
Chickasaw rests in a low-lying pocket of Mobile County, where the land breathes humid air and the sky often stretches in a hazy, pale blue. It lies 5.2 miles north-north-west of Mobile, AL (from Mobile, AL: bearing 339°T), and is situated 1.7 miles north of Prichard. Pine trees, their needles whispering secrets to the breeze, stand sentinel over stretches of sandy soil, broken by the occasional glint of stagnant water in shallow ditches. The air here carries a persistent, earthy scent, a blend of damp loam and the faint, sweet perfume of wild jasmine that blooms with tenacious grace. Days can feel long and slow, especially in the summer heat, with the sun beating down on asphalt roads and the distant hum of traffic from the main arteries a constant, low-grade soundtrack. The history of Chickasaw is inextricably linked to the ebb and flow of industry along the Mobile River. Once a bustling hub for shipbuilding and associated industries, the echoes of that industrial past still linger in the weathered brick buildings and the quieted wharves that now lie mostly dormant. The local economy, while diversified, still feels the pull of its manufacturing roots, with a resilient workforce adapting to changing times. It’s a place where the river, though no longer the sole driver of commerce, remains a constant presence, a wide, brown ribbon reflecting the endless sky, a reminder of the currents that have shaped Chickasaw over generations.
Live animated radar for Chickasaw 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 | Chickasaw, Mobile County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 30.763799°N, 88.074722°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36611 |
| Area Code | 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chickasaw, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chickasaw, 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 Chickasaw includes coordinates 30.763799°N, 88.074722°W, situated in Mobile County. ZIP code 36611. Telephone area code: 251. 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.
