New Hope, 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 New Hope, Fayette County.
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New Hope unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling hills, where the deep greens of pine forests give way to the ochre and umber tones of cultivated fields. It lies 22.4 miles north-north-west of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 344°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-south-west of Berry. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, and a profound quiet settles over the land, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the call of a hawk circling high above. The terrain here is not dramatic, but possesses a subtle resilience, a quiet strength that speaks of seasons turned and lives lived in patient rhythm with the earth. Creeks, often no more than trickles in drier months, meander through the hollows, their banks softened by a mossy growth that holds the dampness of the earth long after the rain has passed. The history of New Hope is tied to the very soil it occupies, a place where generations have drawn sustenance from the land. Early settlers, drawn by the fertility of the Fayette County soil, established a way of life centered on agriculture, and the echoes of that agrarian past still resonate. While the economy has diversified over the years, the memory of cotton fields and the quiet industry of small farms remains a part of New Hope's character. The local roads, some still unpaved, bear the marks of this enduring connection, leading to homesteads and fields that tell stories of persistence. There are no grand monuments or bustling centers of commerce, but rather a collection of homes and businesses that reflect a pragmatic approach to life, a quiet pride in self-sufficiency that is a distinctive hallmark of New Hope.
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| Location | New Hope, Fayette County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.539557°N, 87.6864°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36278, 36346, 35242, 35760 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Hope, 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 New Hope includes coordinates 33.539557°N, 87.686400°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 36278, 36346, 35242, 35760. Telephone area code: 205, 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.