Sipsey, Alabama Weather
Sipsey, 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 Sipsey, Walker County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sipsey. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sipsey is published on the Walker County Airport Bevill Field (KJFX) page, 23 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sipsey 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 Sipsey: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) 43 km · Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field (KCMD) 54 km · Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 59 km
Conditions reported at KJFX describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sipsey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sipsey.
About Sipsey, Alabama
Sipsey unfolds in the rolling hills of Walker County, a landscape etched by the slow persistence of water and wind. It lies 26.6 miles north-west of Birmingham, AL (from Birmingham, AL: bearing 322°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north of Dora. Here, the earth breathes a humid, pine-scented air, particularly potent after a summer rain, and the low-slung sun of late afternoon casts long, amber shadows across the modest farms and scattered homes. The terrain, a gentle, wooded undulation, gives way to small creeks and draws that whisper through the undergrowth, hinting at the deeper, wilder country that lies just beyond the cleared fields. The sky above Sipsey often carries a soft, diffused light, a muted blue that deepens to a bruised purple as twilight descends, painting the edges of the trees in a subtle, ephemeral glow. The story of Sipsey is deeply intertwined with the coal that once thrummed beneath its surface. The legacy of mining, though largely faded now, has left its mark on the land and the spirit of the place, a quiet resilience in the face of boom and bust. The local economy, once fueled by the dark, rich seams, now finds its footing in a more diversified, though still modest, agricultural base and the steady hum of small businesses. While no grand monuments draw crowds, the true character of Sipsey lies in its unassuming nature, the quietude of its days punctuated by the occasional rumble of a passing truck or the distant bark of a dog, a testament to a life lived at its own unhurried cadence, where the rhythm of the seasons holds sway.
Live animated radar for Sipsey 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 | Sipsey, Walker County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.824827°N, 87.086112°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35584 |
| Area Code | 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sipsey, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sipsey, 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 Sipsey includes coordinates 33.824827°N, 87.086112°W, situated in Walker County. ZIP code 35584. 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.
