Mount Olive, 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 Mount Olive, Marshall County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mount Olive. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mount Olive is published on the Redstone Army Air Field (KHUA) page, 27 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 Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive: Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field (K8A1) 28 km · Huntsville International Airport (KHSV) 28 km · Moontown Airport (K3M5) 33 km · Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field (KCMD) 35 km · Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (K5M0) 35 km
Conditions reported at KHUA describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Olive specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Olive.
Mount Olive rises from the rolling hills of Marshall County, a quiet sentinel under the broad Alabama sky. It lies 19.0 miles south of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 175°T), and is situated 2.4 miles north of Cherokee Ridge. The land here breathes deeply, a mix of fertile fields giving way to dense stands of oak and pine. The very air, especially in the early morning, carries a damp, earthy scent, a promise of dew clinging to the leaves and the rich soil beneath. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in warm, diffused shafts, illuminating the subtle greens and browns of the landscape, hinting at the wilder, untamed spaces that lie just beyond the cultivated plots. The terrain itself is a gentle, persistent incline, not a dramatic peak, but a steady ascent that earns its name, offering a broader vista as one climbs. The history of Mount Olive is a story woven into the fabric of the land's agricultural bounty. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained families, its productivity dictating the rhythm of life. While not a place of grand monuments, the quiet persistence of its people, their connection to the earth, forms a distinctive character. The local economy has long been tied to the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock, a tradition that continues to shape the character of Mount Olive, fostering a sense of self-reliance and a deep respect for the cycles of nature. The occasional distant hum of machinery, a tractor working the fields, or the soft lowing of cattle, are the prevailing sounds that punctuate the stillness, a testament to the enduring agricultural heartbeat of this place.
Live animated radar for Mount Olive 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 | Mount Olive, Marshall County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.457037°N, 86.556658°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36276, 35079, 35452, 35117 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Olive, 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 Mount Olive includes coordinates 34.457037°N, 86.556658°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 36276, 35079, 35452, 35117. Telephone area code: 256, 205. 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.