Fairfield, Alabama Weather
Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, Jefferson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fairfield. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fairfield is published on the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) page, 17 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield: Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 19 km · Shelby County Airport (KEET) 36 km
Conditions reported at KBHM describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fairfield, Alabama
Fairfield breathes a certain stillness, a quiet exhalation of Alabama air that carries the scent of pine and the distant hum of industry. It lies 6.3 miles north-north-east of Bessemer, AL (from Bessemer, AL: bearing 23°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-south-west of Birmingham. The land here unfolds in gentle swells, not dramatic peaks but rolling hills that catch the afternoon sun, turning the scrubby oaks and hardy pines to a muted gold. Creeks, narrow and secretive, wind through the undergrowth, their waters stained the color of weak tea by the tannins of fallen leaves, and on humid mornings, a soft mist clings to the hollows, blurring the edges of the world into a dreamlike haze. The sky above Fairfield is vast, a canvas of blues that deepen to indigo as evening approaches, the scattered clouds like brushstrokes of purest white. This pocket of Jefferson County carries the deep imprint of iron and coal, echoes of a time when the very earth was coaxed and wrestled into shape for furnaces and factories. The economic pulse of Fairfield, though it has shifted over decades, still resonates with the legacy of these foundational industries, a history etched into the very character of its streets and its people. While the grand mining operations of yesteryear may have quieted, the spirit of industriousness remains, a subtle undercurrent in the lives that unfold here, a testament to resilience and adaptation. You can almost feel the ghosts of steam and sweat in the air, a palpable connection to the labor that built this corner of Alabama, a story whispered in the rustle of leaves and the enduring strength of the land.
Live animated radar for Fairfield 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 | Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.48594°N, 86.911937°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36421, 35650, 35064 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfield, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfield, 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 Fairfield includes coordinates 33.485940°N, 86.911937°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 36421, 35650, 35064. 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.
