Fairford, Alabama Weather
Fairford, 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 Fairford, Washington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fairford. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fairford is published on the Mark Reynolds/North Mobile County Airport (K15A) page, 30 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. 5 airfields within reach of Fairford 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 Fairford: Roy Wilcox Airport (K5R1) 34 km · Jackson Municipal Airport (K4R3) 37 km · Bay Minette Municipal Airport (K1R8) 40 km · Mobile Regional Airport (KMOB) 56 km
Conditions reported at K15A describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairford.
About Fairford, Alabama
Fairford lies in a quiet pocket of Washington County, where the land softens into gentle, rolling hills that cradle verdant fields and stands of pine. It lies 32.8 miles north of Mobile, AL (from Mobile, AL: bearing 358°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-north-west of Mount Vernon. The air here carries a humid sweetness, especially in the aftermath of a summer shower, a scent of damp earth and pine needles that seems to settle into the very bones of the place. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, falls in broad, diffused shafts, illuminating the muted greens and browns of the landscape, a soft luminescence that lends a timeless quality to the scene. The terrain is not dramatic, but possesses a subtle, enduring beauty, a landscape that has been shaped by slow, persistent forces, where the waterways, though not vast, carve their patient paths through the soil. The history of Fairford is interwoven with the ebb and flow of the timber industry, the mighty pines that once dominated these hills providing the lifeblood for its early settlers. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the land, a rhythm dictated by planting and harvest, by the sawmills that hummed with steady purpose, and the quiet trade that sustained its inhabitants. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Fairford; its distinction lies in its understated existence, in the enduring spirit of its people who have carved a life from this particular corner of Alabama. The local traditions are those of neighborly kindness and a shared understanding of the cycles of nature, a quiet resilience that is the true character of Fairford.
Live animated radar for Fairford 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 | Fairford, Washington County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.16823°N, 88.064168°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36553 |
| Area Code | 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairford, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairford, 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 Fairford includes coordinates 31.168230°N, 88.064168°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 36553. 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.
