Locust Fork, Alabama Weather
Locust Fork, 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 Locust Fork, Blount County.
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About Locust Fork, Alabama
Locust Fork unfurls itself in the undulating hills of Blount County, a place where the earth softens into gentle slopes cloaked in a dense tapestry of hardwood and pine. It lies 19.9 miles north of Trussville, AL (from Trussville, AL: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-south-west of Oneonta. The air here carries the damp, loamy scent of the woods, particularly after a summer rain, mingling with the faint, metallic tang of red clay that stains the creek beds. The land itself seems to hold its breath, a quiet sentinel between wider, more boisterous geographies. The Locust Fork Creek, a ribbon of cool, clear water, winds its way through the terrain, its banks often fringed with ferns and shadowed by the overhanging boughs of ancient trees. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in shifting, golden coins upon the forest floor, illuminating patches of moss and the occasional flash of a kingfisher’s iridescent wing. This corner of Alabama has long been shaped by the land and its bounty, its history intertwined with the cultivation of cotton and the extraction of mineral wealth. Though the scars of past mining operations have softened with time and the persistent encroachment of nature, the memory of that industry lingers in the very character of Locust Fork. The local economy, once driven by the rhythms of agriculture and the demands of the mines, now finds its pulse in a blend of small-scale farming, local trades, and the quiet pursuit of a life lived closer to the earth. The creek itself, a perennial source of both sustenance and recreation, serves as a constant reminder of the natural forces that have shaped this unique locality, a place where the past is never truly forgotten, but rather absorbed into the enduring landscape.
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| Location | Locust Fork, Blount County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.907599°N, 86.615268°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35097, 35133 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Locust Fork, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Locust Fork, 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 Locust Fork includes coordinates 33.907599°N, 86.615268°W, situated in Blount County. ZIP code 35097, 35133. 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.
