Vestavia Hills, Alabama Weather
Vestavia Hills, 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 Vestavia Hills, Tuscaloosa County.
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About Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Vestavia Hills unfolds across a landscape that whispers of ancient geological forces, its terrain a gentle, yet insistent, rise and fall of clay-rich soil, cloaked in a verdant embrace of oak and pine. It lies 1.1 miles north-north-east of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 31°T), and is situated 2.2 miles north of Tuscaloosa. The air here, particularly in the humid hush of late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of blooming magnolias and the earthy aroma of damp earth, a perfume that clings to the broad, manicured lawns and the quiet, winding streets. Sunlight, when it breaks through the thick canopy of leaves, falls in shifting, golden mosaics upon the asphalt, illuminating the occasional flash of cardinal red against the deep green of the foliage, lending a fleeting, almost ephemeral beauty to the persistent, sun-drenched afternoons. The story of Vestavia Hills is one of deliberate creation, a planned community that rose from the fertile ground with a vision for gracious living, its early development tied to the burgeoning prosperity of the Birmingham metropolitan area. The local economy, while diverse, retains echoes of its agricultural past, with pockets of land still yielding to the careful cultivation of gardens and small orchards. A distinctive charm emanates from its residential character, a sense of ordered beauty where well-maintained homes stand as quiet testaments to the aspirations of those who chose this particular elevation, this specific slice of Alabama's rolling countryside, as their enduring home.
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| Location | Vestavia Hills, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.242062°N, 87.567785°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35473, 35216 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | July 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, 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 Vestavia Hills includes coordinates 33.242062°N, 87.567785°W, situated in Tuscaloosa 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. 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.
