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, Winston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rock Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rock Creek is published on the Posey Field (K1M4) page, 22 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: Walker County Airport Bevill Field (KJFX) 33 km · Bill Pugh Field (KM22) 41 km · Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (K5M0) 48 km · Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field (KCMD) 50 km · Marion County Rankin Fite Airport (KHAB) 57 km
Conditions reported at K1M4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 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, a sliver of Winston County, Alabama, unfolds across a landscape sculpted by the persistent murmur of water and the stoic embrace of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 36.6 miles south-west of Decatur, AL (from Decatur, AL: bearing 219°T), and is situated 3.4 miles north-north-east of Double Springs. Here, the earth breathes a damp, verdant exhalation, thick with the scent of pine needles and decaying leaves, a perfume that clings to the humid air like a second skin. Towering oaks and maples, their branches reaching like arthritic fingers towards the often-grey sky, form a dense canopy that filters the sunlight into shifting mosaics on the forest floor. The terrain itself is a study in subtle undulations, rising and falling with a quiet insistence, hinting at the underground springs and hidden hollows that punctuate the region. Creeks, the namesake of this locale, snake through the valleys, their waters a dark, cool ribbon reflecting the overarching emerald. The history of Rock Creek is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring rhythm of its people and the land they coaxed sustenance from. For generations, agriculture was the bedrock of its economy, with small farms dotting the hillsides, their fields yielding cotton and corn under the watchful gaze of the sun. Later, the timber industry cast its long shadow, the sound of saws echoing through the valleys as valuable hardwoods were felled. While these industries have waned, a quiet resilience persists. The local character is one of understated fortitude, a practical wisdom born from weathering seasons of both plenty and hardship. Evenings here often carry a profound stillness, broken only by the chirping symphony of cicadas and the occasional distant call of a whippoorwill, a sound that seems to stretch back into the very heart of the Alabama wilderness.
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, Winston County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.195102°N, 87.389462°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 34.195102°N, 87.389462°W, situated in Winston 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.
