Muscle Shoals, Alabama Weather
Muscle Shoals, 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 Muscle Shoals, Colbert County.
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About Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Muscle Shoals sprawls across a landscape shaped by the ancient Tennessee River, a broad, slow-moving artery that dictates the very breath of the land. It lies 3.8 miles south of Florence, AL (from Florence, AL: bearing 172°T), and is situated 2.3 miles south-east of Sheffield. Here, the rolling hills of the Appalachian foothills descend with a gentle grace, their slopes cloaked in a dense, humid green of oak, hickory, and pine. The air, especially in the lingering twilight of summer, hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and honeysuckle, a sweet, pervasive perfume that clings to the skin. The river itself, a shimmering, broad expanse, dominates the horizon, its currents a constant, murmuring presence, reflecting the vast, changeable Alabama sky. Here and there, the land breaks into fertile bottoms, rich with the dark, loamy soil that promises abundance. The story of Muscle Shoals is inextricably tied to the mighty Tennessee, a waterway that has both blessed and challenged its inhabitants for centuries. For generations, it was a natural barrier, its treacherous shoals a formidable obstacle for early navigators. Later, the river became the heart of an ambitious industrial and hydroelectric project, the Tennessee Valley Authority, which transformed the region's economy and brought electricity to countless homes. This legacy of innovation and resilience echoes in the very character of Muscle Shoals, a place where the echoes of blues and rock and roll, born in the vibrant recording studios that once thrived here, still seem to hum on the humid breeze. The music that flowed from this particular bend of the river reached across the globe, a testament to the enduring spirit of creativity found in this quiet corner of the South.
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| Location | Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.744811°N, 87.667529°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35661, 35662, 35674 |
| Area Code | 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Muscle Shoals, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Muscle Shoals, 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 Muscle Shoals includes coordinates 34.744811°N, 87.667529°W, situated in Colbert County. ZIP code 35661, 35662, 35674. 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.
