Parrish, Alabama Weather
Parrish, 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 Parrish, Walker County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Parrish. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Parrish is published on the Walker County Airport Bevill Field (KJFX) page, 19 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. 4 airfields within reach of Parrish 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 Parrish: Richard Arthur Field (KM95) 49 km · Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) 53 km · Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 57 km
Conditions reported at KJFX describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Parrish specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Parrish.
About Parrish, Alabama
Parrish unfolds across a landscape shaped by the ancient, rolling hills of Walker County, where the earth breathes a humid, green life under the Alabama sun. It lies 29.6 miles north-west of Bessemer, AL (from Bessemer, AL: bearing 320°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Jasper. Dense stands of pine and hardwood crowd the slopes, their needles and leaves whispering in the frequent breeze, while the dappled light filters down to carpet the forest floor with a mosaic of shadow and luminescence. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and pine resin, a fragrance that clings to the very skin, and in the quiet hours of late afternoon, a peculiar stillness descends, broken only by the distant drone of an engine or the chirping chorus of unseen insects. The terrain itself is a study in subtle elevation changes, a gentle rise and fall that hints at the subsurface geological forces that have molded this corner of the state for millennia. The history of Parrish is inextricably linked to the deep seams of coal that lie beneath its soil, a legacy that once fueled a booming industry and drew a diverse population to its nascent settlements. Though the era of widespread mining has largely receded, leaving behind echoes in the weathered structures and the stoic resilience of its people, the spirit of hard work and self-reliance endures. Local life here moves at a pace dictated by the turning seasons and the needs of the land, where small farms still dot the periphery and a quiet pride is taken in the simpler rhythms of existence. The economy, while diversified, still carries the imprint of its industrial past, a grounding that lends a certain gravity to the everyday transactions and conversations that define Parrish.
Live animated radar for Parrish 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 | Parrish, Walker County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.730664°N, 87.284447°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35580 |
| Area Code | 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Parrish, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Parrish, 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 Parrish includes coordinates 33.730664°N, 87.284447°W, situated in Walker County. ZIP code 35580. Telephone area code: 205. 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.
