Rock Creek, Alabama Weather
Rock Creek, 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 Rock Creek, Colbert County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rock Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rock Creek is published on the Bill Pugh Field (KM22) page, 25 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 Rock Creek 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 Rock Creek: Tishomingo County Airport (K01M) 29 km · Iuka Airport (K15M) 30 km · Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (KMSL) 32 km · Posey Field (K1M4) 46 km · Marion County Rankin Fite Airport (KHAB) 54 km
Conditions reported at KM22 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rock Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rock Creek.
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.
Live animated radar for Rock Creek 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
