Vestavia Hills, Alabama Weather
Vestavia Hills, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Vestavia Hills. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Vestavia Hills is published on the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) page, 13 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. 5 airfields within reach of Vestavia Hills 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 Vestavia Hills: Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 20 km · Shelby County Airport (KEET) 30 km · St Clair County Airport (KPLR) 51 km · Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD) 54 km
Conditions reported at KBHM describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vestavia Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Vestavia Hills rises from the rolling Piedmont, its landscape a gentle swell of verdant hills that catch the afternoon sun with a warm, golden hue. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Homewood, AL (from Homewood, AL: bearing 155°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south of Birmingham. The air here, particularly after a summer rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, mingled with the perfume of magnolias and the distant hum of suburban life. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of old storytellers, stand sentinel over well-tended lawns and winding roads, a testament to the enduring beauty of this southern terrain. The very topography encourages a sense of looking out, of surveying the world from a slightly elevated perch, a feeling amplified by the clear, bright skies that often arch overhead. The story of Vestavia Hills is one of vision and aspiration, born from the vision of a Birmingham attorney who sought to create an idyllic residential community atop the very hills that give the city its name. Its growth, fueled by a robust local economy that has diversified beyond its early roots, has seen it become a prosperous haven, attracting families and professionals alike. The distinctive architecture, a blend of traditional Southern charm and modern design, hints at a community that values both heritage and progress, a place where the echoes of history can still be heard in the quiet rustle of leaves and the contented murmurs of a town at peace.
Live animated radar for Vestavia Hills 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 | Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.448718°N, 86.787767°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35473, 35216 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vestavia Hills, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vestavia Hills, 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 Vestavia Hills includes coordinates 33.448718°N, 86.787767°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 35473, 35216. Telephone area code: 256, 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.
