Stapleton, 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 Stapleton, Baldwin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Stapleton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Stapleton is published on the Bay Minette Municipal Airport (K1R8) page, 14 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 Stapleton 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 Stapleton: Silverhill Naval Outlying Landing Field (KNQB) 20 km · Mark Reynolds/North Mobile County Airport (K15A) 27 km · Summerdale Naval Outlying Field (KNFD) 30 km · H L Sonny Callahan Airport (KCQF) 32 km · Foley Municipal Airport (K5R4) 36 km
Conditions reported at K1R8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stapleton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stapleton.
Stapleton unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where dense stands of pine and oak rise from sandy soil, their needles whispering secrets on the humid air. It lies 11.6 miles north-east of Daphne, AL (from Daphne, AL: bearing 34°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east-north-east of Spanish Fort. The sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in shifting patterns, illuminating patches of palmetto and wild azaleas that blaze with color in the spring. The very air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant pine resin, a perfume that clings to the skin and lingers long after one has passed through. This is a place where the sky feels vast, even when framed by the verdant embrace of the woods, and the quietude is punctuated only by the calls of unseen birds and the hum of insects. The history of Stapleton is intertwined with the fertile land and the waterways that have shaped its development. Once a vital stop along a burgeoning railroad line, its economy has long been tethered to agriculture, particularly the cultivation of timber and, in earlier times, cotton. The echoes of this past can still be felt in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of the older homes that dot the landscape, each bearing silent witness to generations who worked this soil. While the pace of life in Stapleton remains unhurried, a subtle undercurrent of resilience and self-reliance pervades the community, a characteristic forged through its agrarian roots and its enduring connection to the natural world.
Live animated radar for Stapleton 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.
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| Location | Stapleton, Baldwin County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 30.742689°N, 87.793325°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36578, 36527 |
| Area Code | 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stapleton, 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 Stapleton includes coordinates 30.742689°N, 87.793325°W, situated in Baldwin County. ZIP code 36578, 36527. Telephone area code: 251. 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.