Moundville, Alabama Weather
Moundville, 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 Moundville, Hale County.
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About Moundville, Alabama
Moundville lies in a broad, fertile valley, where the Black Warrior River, a serpentine ribbon of murky brown, has long dictated the land's character. It lies 15.1 miles south-south-west of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 194°T), and is situated 16.3 miles south of Northport. Here, the air hangs thick and humid, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant pine. The terrain rises gently from the riverbanks, a landscape of rolling hills carpeted in a dense, almost primeval forest, punctuated by fields of cotton and corn that stretch toward a sky often painted with the bruised purples and oranges of sunset. This is a place where the natural world feels both immense and intimate, where the rustling leaves seem to whisper secrets of ages past. The history of Moundville is deeply etched into the very contours of the land, most notably by the ancient Mississippian people who raised their monumental earthworks here centuries ago. These imposing mounds, silent sentinels against the sky, speak of a complex society that once thrived along these waterways, their rituals and daily lives tied to the rhythm of the river and the bounty of the soil. Today, the local economy is still largely shaped by agriculture, with cotton and timber continuing to be important commodities, though the echoes of that ancient past draw visitors from across the nation, eager to walk among the remnants of a forgotten civilization. The palpable sense of deep time here, where the present feels like a thin veneer over layers of human endeavor, is what truly defines Moundville.
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| Location | Moundville, Hale County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.997624°N, 87.630008°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35474 |
| Area Code | 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Moundville, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moundville, 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 Moundville includes coordinates 32.997624°N, 87.630008°W, situated in Hale County. ZIP code 35474. Telephone area code: 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.
