Steele, Alabama Weather
Steele, 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 Steele, St. Clair County.
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About Steele, Alabama
Steele lies in a fold of the Appalachian foothills, where the land rises and falls in a gentle, persistent swell. It lies 12.3 miles west-south-west of Gadsden, AL (from Gadsden, AL: bearing 245°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Rainbow City. The air here carries the scent of pine and damp earth, a fragrance that deepens with the humidity of the Alabama climate. Roads, like veins, trace the contours of the hills, winding between stands of oak and hickory, their branches reaching out like ancient, gnarled fingers. Fields, where they break the tree line, are often small and irregular, testament to the labor of coaxing sustenance from this terrain. The sky overhead, especially as afternoon wanes, can be a vast, bruised canvas of purples and oranges, a momentary brilliance before the deepening twilight swallows the edges of the world. The economic life of Steele has long been tied to the land and the resources it holds, a history etched into the very character of the place. Once, logging operations likely echoed through these woods, and the nearby waterways, though not grand rivers, would have been vital arteries for transport and sustenance. More recently, the proximity to larger industrial centers has offered a different kind of livelihood, drawing some residents to work beyond the immediate horizon while others tend to the enduring agricultural pulse of Steele. There's a quiet resilience here, a sense that the community has weathered seasons of change, adapting without losing its fundamental connection to the rolling hills and the slow, deliberate unfolding of days.
Live animated radar for Steele and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Steele, St. Clair County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.93982°N, 86.201644°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35987 |
| Area Code | 334, 205 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Steele, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Steele, 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 Steele includes coordinates 33.939820°N, 86.201644°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 35987. Telephone area code: 334, 205. 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.
