Lipscomb, Alabama Weather
Lipscomb, 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 for Lipscomb, Jefferson County.
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About Lipscomb, Alabama
Lipscomb’s landscape is a study in quiet persistence, a collection of modest dwellings interspersed with the persistent green of Alabama’s humid embrace. It lies 2.3 miles north-east of Bessemer, AL (from Bessemer, AL: bearing 44°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-west of Birmingham. Rolling hills, softened by decades of rainfall and sun, form the backdrop to a terrain that feels both settled and subtly wild, where dense stands of oak and pine occasionally yield to sun-drenched clearings. The air here, especially in the late afternoons when the cicadas begin their insistent hum, carries the damp, earthy scent of fertile soil, a constant reminder of the region's agricultural roots. Creeks, often no more than a murmur after dry spells, swell into more purposeful streams after a good rain, their banks lined with ferns and the occasional splash of wild iris, their waters reflecting the shifting moods of the sky. The history of Lipscomb is a narrative of industry and resilience, deeply tied to the ebb and flow of demand for the resources drawn from its surroundings. Once a significant hub for mining operations, the scars of that past are now softened by time and vegetation, the land slowly reclaiming what was taken. The local economy, while diversified now, still carries the echoes of those earlier days, with a pragmatic focus on trades and services that support the surrounding agricultural and residential areas. There’s a palpable sense of continuity in Lipscomb, a feeling that generations have lived and worked on this same earth, their lives marked by the predictable cycles of seasons and the occasional, unexpected boom or bust that has shaped its character.
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| Location | Lipscomb, Jefferson County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.425665°N, 86.926659°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35020 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lipscomb, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lipscomb, 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 Lipscomb includes coordinates 33.425665°N, 86.926659°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 35020. 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. 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.
