New Hope, Alabama Weather
New Hope, 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 New Hope, Lauderdale County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near New Hope. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for New Hope is published on the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (KMSL) page, 22 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. 5 airfields within reach of New Hope 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 New Hope: Iuka Airport (K15M) 35 km · Bill Pugh Field (KM22) 48 km · Savannah Hardin County Airport (KSNH) 50 km · Tishomingo County Airport (K01M) 56 km
Conditions reported at KMSL describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Hope specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Hope.
About New Hope, Alabama
New Hope rests in a gentle cradle of rolling land, where the rich, red earth yields to the persistent green of agriculture. It lies 8.5 miles north-west of Florence, AL (from Florence, AL: bearing 307°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-west of Sheffield. The air here, especially in the hushed moments before dawn, carries the clean scent of dew-kissed fields and the distant murmur of the Tennessee River, a constant, vital artery shaping the contours of the landscape. Oak and hickory trees, ancient sentinels, punctuate the horizons, their branches reaching towards a sky that often burns with the fiery hues of sunset, casting long shadows across the pastures and winding country lanes. The character of New Hope is one of quiet resilience, a place where the land itself seems to breathe a slow, steady rhythm, unhurried by the clamor of the outside world. The history of New Hope is intertwined with the agricultural bounty of Lauderdale County, a story told in the fertile soil that has sustained generations. For decades, cotton and corn were the lifeblood, their cultivation shaping the very terrain and the lives of its inhabitants. While the economic landscape has shifted, pockets of this heritage remain, with family farms still dotting the periphery, their fields a testament to enduring traditions. The proximity to the Tennessee River has always been a significant factor, providing both a source of life and a pathway for commerce in earlier times. Though no grand monuments mark its past, the spirit of New Hope is found in the enduring strength of its people and the quiet dignity of its pastoral setting, a place where the past is not forgotten but softly integrated into the present.
Live animated radar for New Hope 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 | New Hope, Lauderdale County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.873698°N, 87.797808°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36278, 36346, 35242, 35760 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Hope, Alabama Weather Page
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, 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 New Hope includes coordinates 34.873698°N, 87.797808°W, situated in Lauderdale 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. 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.
