North Johns, 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 North Johns, Jefferson County.
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North Johns unfolds in shades of deep green and ochre, a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of water and time. It lies 8.9 miles west-south-west of Bessemer, AL (from Bessemer, AL: bearing 255°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-west of Hueytown. Rolling hills, softened by a humid Southern air that carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth, define its contours. Small creeks, silver threads in the dappled sunlight, snake through the terrain, feeding into wider, slow-moving waterways that mirror the vast, often cloud-streaked sky. The land here feels lived-in, not a pristine wilderness but a place where human endeavor has gently, and sometimes not so gently, left its mark. The character of North Johns is one of quiet resilience, a place where the earth itself seems to breathe a slow, steady rhythm. The story of North Johns is deeply intertwined with the extractive industries that once pulsed through this region of Alabama. Coal seams, now largely dormant, whisper tales of a boisterous past, of men who wrestled wealth from the subterranean darkness. The local economy, once fueled by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts, has since diversified, finding new life in agriculture and small manufacturing, though the echoes of its industrial heritage remain. The air, especially in the early morning, can still carry a faint, metallic tang, a ghost of furnaces long cooled. This history has imbued North Johns with a practical, no-nonsense spirit, a community that understands the value of hard work and the enduring strength of neighborly connection.
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| Location | North Johns, Jefferson County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.367334°N, 87.103607°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35006 |
| 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 North Johns, 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 North Johns includes coordinates 33.367334°N, 87.103607°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 35006. 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.