Russellville, Alabama Weather
Russellville, 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 Russellville, Franklin County.
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About Russellville, Alabama
Russellville rises from the rolling landscape of northwest Alabama, a place where the broad, sun-drenched fields begin to fold into the gentle, wooded hills of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 20.4 miles south of Florence, AL (from Florence, AL: bearing 188°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south-south-west of Littleville. The air here, especially in late afternoon, carries a languid warmth, smelling faintly of pine needles and freshly turned earth, a scent that seems to linger long after the sun dips below the horizon, painting the western sky in streaks of bruised violet and fading gold. The terrain, a mix of fertile bottomland and steeper, forested slopes, dictates the flow of life, with creeks like Cane Creek and Bear Creek meandering through the valleys, their quiet murmur a constant, subtle soundtrack to the days. The houses, many with wide front porches, seem to lean into the landscape, their painted clapboard reflecting the clear, open sky that stretches across this part of Franklin County. The history of Russellville is deeply rooted in agriculture, a legacy still visible in the patchwork of farms that surround the town, growing cotton, corn, and soybeans, their amber waves rustling in the summer breeze. Early settlers found this land hospitable, and the town grew from a trading post into a modest hub for the surrounding farming communities, its economy once bolstered by timber and the processing of agricultural goods. Today, while manufacturing plays a role, the enduring character of Russellville remains tied to its rural roots, a place where local traditions, like the annual Franklin County Fair, still draw people together. The presence of Northwest Alabama State Community College contributes a youthful energy, a quiet hum of learning beneath the familiar cadence of everyday life, and the town’s proximity to the scenic beauty of the Bankhead National Forest offers a constant invitation to explore the wilder corners of this corner of Alabama.
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| Location | Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.507873°N, 87.728643°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35653, 35654 |
| Area Code | 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Russellville, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Russellville, 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 Russellville includes coordinates 34.507873°N, 87.728643°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 35653, 35654. Telephone area code: 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.
