Needham, Alabama Weather
Needham, 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 Needham, Choctaw County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Needham. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Needham is published on the Butler-Choctaw County Airport (K09A) page, 24 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. 3 airfields within reach of Needham 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 Needham: Waynesboro Municipal Airport (K2R0) 47 km · Key Field / Meridian Regional Airport (KMEI) 55 km
Conditions reported at K09A describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Needham specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Needham.
About Needham, Alabama
Needham rests in a quiet corner of Choctaw County, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with the slow, steady cadence of the South. It lies 33.7 miles south-east of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 140°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-west of Butler. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of pine and oak, give way to fertile bottomlands that cradle the meandering streams. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its descent, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and fading saffron. Broad-leafed magnolias, their waxy white blossoms a stark contrast to the verdant foliage, offer pockets of shade along the unpaved roads, where the only sounds are the whisper of wind through the trees and the distant call of a bird. The history of Needham is as deep and intertwined as the roots of the ancient oaks that dot the landscape. Once a vital hub for timber and agriculture, the echoes of a more bustling past can still be found in the weathered clapboard of old storehouses and the faint outlines of forgotten farmsteads. Though the grand plantations have long since faded, the land continues to yield its bounty, with small farms still producing cotton and corn, their fields a patchwork of green and gold under the relentless Alabama sun. The rhythm of life in Needham is dictated by the seasons and the land, a quiet persistence that has shaped generations of its people, fostering a sense of enduring community in this peaceful pocket of the Black Belt.
Live animated radar for Needham 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 | Needham, Choctaw County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.987927°N, 88.336691°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36915 |
| Area Code | 205, 251, 256, 334, 938 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Needham, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Needham, 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 Needham includes coordinates 31.987927°N, 88.336691°W, situated in Choctaw County. ZIP code 36915. Telephone area code: 205, 251, 256, 334, 938. 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.
