Joppa, Alabama Weather
Joppa, 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 Joppa, Cullman County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Joppa. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Joppa is published on the Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field (KCMD) page, 28 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 Joppa 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 Joppa: Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field (KBFZ) 29 km · Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field (K8A1) 29 km · Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (K5M0) 37 km · Huntsville International Airport (KHSV) 43 km · Redstone Army Air Field (KHUA) 44 km
Conditions reported at KCMD describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Joppa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Joppa.
About Joppa, Alabama
Joppa rests where the rolling hills of North Alabama begin to soften their contours, a place where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 29.8 miles south-south-east of Madison, AL (from Madison, AL: bearing 158°T), and is situated 3.7 miles west-south-west of Arab. The landscape here is a gentle mosaic of cleared fields, some showing the neat rows of summer crops, others lying fallow, their stubble catching the low sun. Ancient oaks and maples stand sentinel along the edges of these fields, their branches reaching out like gnarled hands, offering shade and a quiet dignity to the passing days. Creeks, narrow and clear, meander through the low-lying areas, their banks often fringed with fern and the occasional flash of a kingfisher’s blue. The light in Joppa, particularly in the late afternoon, has a peculiar golden quality, as if the very dust motes themselves are imbued with a mellow luminescence, settling softly over the quiet homes and weathered barns. The history of Joppa is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent cultivation of the land. For generations, families have worked these fertile soils, their livelihoods tied to the rhythms of planting and harvest. The local economy, though modest, has always found its strength in agriculture, with a particular fondness for corn and soybeans, and more recently, a growing interest in specialty crops. You can still see the echoes of earlier times in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the few businesses that line the main road, a testament to a practical, no-nonsense spirit. There's a quiet pride here, a deep-rooted connection to the land and to the shared heritage of hard work and resilience that has defined Joppa for so long.
Live animated radar for Joppa 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 | Joppa, Cullman County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.297873°N, 86.556102°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35087, 35016 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Joppa, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Joppa, 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 Joppa includes coordinates 34.297873°N, 86.556102°W, situated in Cullman County. ZIP code 35087, 35016. 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.
