West Jefferson, Alabama Weather
West Jefferson, 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 West Jefferson, Jefferson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near West Jefferson. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for West Jefferson is published on the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) page, 31 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 West Jefferson 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 West Jefferson: Walker County Airport Bevill Field (KJFX) 36 km · Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 40 km · Shelby County Airport (KEET) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBHM describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Jefferson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Jefferson.
About West Jefferson, Alabama
West Jefferson lies in a broad valley, a place where the earth's ancient bones rise in soft, green humps. It lies 17.7 miles west-north-west of Birmingham, AL (from Birmingham, AL: bearing 300°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-north-west of Adamsville. The landscape is a patient unfolding of wooded ridges and fertile bottoms, threaded by the slow, meandering dance of small creeks. Sunlight, when it breaks through the ubiquitous Southern haze, falls with a particular, buttery quality upon the scattered farmsteads and the clustered buildings of the town proper. The air itself, heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine needles, often carries a stillness that seems to absorb sound, leaving only the murmur of wind through the trees and the distant, almost mournful, cry of a hawk. The history of West Jefferson is bound to the very soil that cradles it, a story of farming and, for a significant period, the deep, resonant thrum of coal mining. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, their legacy remains in the weathered faces of the older generation and the quiet pride in a hard-won past. The local economy, once dominated by the extraction of black diamonds, now finds its pulse in agriculture, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching across the valley floor, and a growing reliance on small businesses that serve the immediate needs of the residents. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling universities; the distinction of West Jefferson lies in its unassuming character, a place where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the enduring, unhurried rhythm of its people.
Live animated radar for West Jefferson 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 | West Jefferson, Jefferson County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.649273°N, 87.068609°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35130 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Jefferson, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Jefferson, 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 West Jefferson includes coordinates 33.649273°N, 87.068609°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 35130. Telephone area code: 205, 256. 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.
