Rock Creek, Alabama Weather
Rock Creek, 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 Rock Creek, Colbert County.
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About Rock Creek, Alabama
Rock Creek lies in a fold of the land where the Cumberland Plateau begins its slow surrender to the Black Belt. It lies 19.5 miles south-west of Florence, AL (from Florence, AL: bearing 224°T), and is situated 17.5 miles south-west of Muscle Shoals. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes, giving way to broader, flatter expanses where fields of cotton and corn stretch toward the horizon under a sky that can shift from brilliant blue to a bruised, distant gray with startling speed. Mature oak and hickory trees, their branches thick with the moss of humid summers, stand sentinel along the creek beds and the edges of cultivated land, their roots gripping the rich, red earth. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries the scent of damp soil and sun-baked leaves, a clean, earthy perfume that speaks of the enduring agricultural heart of this place. Even the silence here has a texture, a quiet hum of insect life and the distant murmur of wind through the pines. The story of Rock Creek is written in the land itself, a history bound to the fertile soil and the slow, steady flow of its namesake waterway. For generations, agriculture has been the bedrock of its economy, with cotton once king and now corn and soybeans sharing the fields. The legacy of those who worked this land, both free and bound, is a quiet presence, felt in the weathered barns and the enduring rows of crops. While the immediate vicinity might not boast grand universities or famous sons and daughters in the global spotlight, Rock Creek holds its own distinct character, a place where community ties run deep and the rhythm of life is set by the seasons and the needs of the land. The creek itself, a modest but vital artery, has always been a source of sustenance and a quiet point of beauty, reflecting the changing light of day.
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| Location | Rock Creek, Colbert County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.59676°N, 87.916703°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36483, 35653, 35553, 35023 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rock Creek, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock Creek, 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 Rock Creek includes coordinates 34.596760°N, 87.916703°W, situated in Colbert County. ZIP code 36483, 35653, 35553, 35023. 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.
