Fairfield, Alabama Weather
Fairfield, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Fairfield, Lawrence County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairfield.
About Fairfield, Alabama
Fairfield lies in a hollow cupped by rolling hills, a place where the red earth stains everything it touches, from the weathered clapboard of the houses to the dusty soles of passing boots. It lies 15.0 miles south-west of Decatur, AL (from Decatur, AL: bearing 233°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east of Moulton. The air here often carries the sweet, heavy scent of honeysuckle in the summer and the sharp tang of woodsmoke as winter approaches. Creeks, shallow and clear for much of the year, wind through the landscape like silver threads, their banks often lined with a dense growth of sycamore and oak, their branches reaching out like gnarled fingers. The sky above Fairfield stretches wide, a canvas that can shift from the stark, bleached blue of midday to the bruised purples and oranges of a sunset that seems to linger for hours, painting the quiet fields with a fleeting, spectral beauty. This stretch of Lawrence County holds its history close, a quiet legacy tied to the land and the labor it has demanded. For generations, farming has been the bedrock of Fairfield's economy, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching across the undulating terrain, their green rows marching towards the horizon. Before the tractors, before the modern conveniences, families toiled here, their lives shaped by the seasons and the persistent call of the soil. While larger industries may have bypassed this particular corner of Alabama, a strong sense of self-reliance and neighborly support persists, a quiet resilience that can be felt in the easy conversations on front porches and the shared work at community gatherings. The old general store, though changed over the years, still stands as a quiet sentinel, a place where the pulse of Fairfield can still be felt, a gentle hum beneath the surface of everyday life.
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| Location | Fairfield, Lawrence County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.474262°N, 87.193072°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36421, 35650, 35064 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 34.474262°N, 87.193072°W, situated in Lawrence 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
