Red Bay, Alabama Weather
Red Bay, 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 Red Bay, Franklin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Red Bay. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Red Bay is published on the Tishomingo County Airport (K01M) page, 8 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. 6 airfields within reach of Red Bay 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 Red Bay: Iuka Airport (K15M) 37 km · Marion County Rankin Fite Airport (KHAB) 38 km · Bill Pugh Field (KM22) 39 km · Booneville-Baldwyn Airport (K8M1) 49 km · Posey Field (K1M4) 53 km
Conditions reported at K01M describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Red Bay specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Red Bay.
About Red Bay, Alabama
Red Bay rests in a gentle dip of the land, where the soil, a rich, ochre red, seems to hold the very essence of the sun. It lies 34.5 miles east-north-east of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 68°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-east of Belmont. Rolling hills, cloaked in a patchwork of emerald fields and the darker greens of pine and oak forests, cradle the town. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of honeysuckle and freshly turned earth, a perfume that clings to the humid breeze. Broad, open skies stretch above, often painted with the soft grays and lavenders of an approaching shower, a common occurrence in this part of Alabama. The houses, many with wide porches and welcoming rocking chairs, seem to lean into the landscape, at home amongst the whispering pines and the occasional, startling burst of a cardinal’s crimson. This corner of Franklin County has long drawn sustenance from the land, its history intertwined with the cultivation of cotton and, more recently, a thriving manufacturing sector that echoes the ingenuity of its people. For decades, Red Bay has been a hub for the recreational vehicle industry, its factories humming with the steady rhythm of production, providing livelihoods and a tangible sense of purpose. This industrial heart beats alongside a quieter, older pulse, one that remembers the simplicity of farming and the enduring strength of community. The town's character is a blend of practical grit and a gentle, unhurried grace, a place where conversations on front porches can drift as easily into the day as the lazy buzz of cicadas in the summer heat.
Live animated radar for Red Bay 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 | Red Bay, Franklin County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.43982°N, 88.140875°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35582 |
| Area Code | 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Bay, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Bay, 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 Red Bay includes coordinates 34.439820°N, 88.140875°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 35582. 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.
