Fairview, Alabama Weather
Fairview, 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 Fairview, Pickens County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fairview. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fairview is published on the North Pickens Airport (K3M8) page, 11 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 Fairview 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 Fairview: Tuscaloosa National Airport (KTCL) 31 km · Richard Arthur Field (KM95) 37 km · George Downer Airport (KAIV) 42 km · Columbus Lowndes County Airport (KUBS) 47 km · Lamar County Airport (KM55) 56 km
Conditions reported at K3M8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairview.
About Fairview, Alabama
Fairview is a place where the rolling hills of western Alabama begin to soften, their slopes yielding to a patchwork of fields and groves under a sky that often stretches in wide, unbroken swathes of blue. It lies 20.6 miles west-north-west of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 300°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-north-east of Gordo. The air here carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, mingling with the richer, earthier perfume of damp soil after a summer shower. Old oaks, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, stand sentinel along the roadsides, their leaves whispering secrets to the gentle breeze. The landscape is a quiet conversation between cultivated land and wilder spaces, where the persistent green of the undergrowth crowds the edges of neat rows of crops. The history of Fairview is largely tied to the land and the resilience of those who have worked it. For generations, the economy here has been shaped by agriculture, with cotton and timber once being the dominant forces that carved out a living from this fertile ground. Though the economic landscape has shifted, echoes of that past remain in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of self-sufficiency that still characterizes the people. Fairview is a community that understands the value of hard work and neighborly connection, a place where the pace of life allows for the simple beauty of a sunset over the fields to truly register.
Live animated radar for Fairview 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 | Fairview, Pickens County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.378728°N, 87.885574°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35579, 35045, 35553, 35058 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairview, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairview, 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 Fairview includes coordinates 33.378728°N, 87.885574°W, situated in Pickens County. ZIP code 35579, 35045, 35553, 35058. 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.
