Midway, Alabama Weather
Midway, 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 Midway, Colbert County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Midway. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Midway is published on the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (KMSL) page, 16 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 Midway 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 Midway: Bill Pugh Field (KM22) 41 km · Pryor Field Regional Airport (KDCU) 46 km · Posey Field (K1M4) 53 km · Lawrenceburg Lawrence County Airport (K2M2) 58 km · Ardmore Airport (K1M3) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMSL describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Midway specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Midway.
About Midway, Alabama
Midway unfolds across a landscape shaped by the quiet persistence of Alabama's rolling hills, where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth after a summer shower. It lies 14.0 miles east-south-east of Florence, AL (from Florence, AL: bearing 107°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north-north-west of Town Creek. The terrain here is a gentle conversation between broad fields, some cultivated with the emerald promise of crops, others left to the wilder, rustling reign of native grasses and tenacious scrub. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, has a honeyed quality, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the shafts of light that slant across the unpaved shoulders of country roads. The character of Midway is one of quiet endurance, a place where the days move at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, and the distant murmur of traffic on a more traveled highway is a faint, almost forgotten sound. Historically, Midway has been a place of quiet agricultural endeavor, its economy long tied to the fertile soil and the crops it yields, a tradition that continues to define its present. The land itself, with its subtle elevations and the occasional flash of water in the surrounding gullies, whispers of a past where sustenance was drawn directly from the earth. While not a hub of major industry, Midway’s distinctive character is found in its resilience, in the continuity of farming and the deep roots of its families. The sense of place is palpable, not in grand monuments, but in the shared understanding of a life lived in close communion with the natural world, a quiet rhythm that resonates through the very air.
Live animated radar for Midway 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 | Midway, Colbert County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.739811°N, 87.441691°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36861, 36042, 36728, 36053 |
| Area Code | 334, 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Midway, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Midway, 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 Midway includes coordinates 34.739811°N, 87.441691°W, situated in Colbert County. ZIP code 36861, 36042, 36728, 36053. Telephone area code: 334, 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.
