Bessemer, AL Weather Forecast
Jefferson County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bessemer, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
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Bessemer, AL at a glance
Bessemer is home to about 25,037 people in Jefferson County, across 41 square miles. It ranks 25th by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hueytown, 4 miles away.
- County
- Jefferson County
- Population
- 25,037 2023 est.
- Land area
- 41 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 618
- Forecast point
- 33.3709°N, 86.9715°W
How well can the network see Bessemer?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBMX (Birmingham, AL), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 990 ft above Bessemer. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Bessemer show up clearly. Bessemer is closer to its radar than 87% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KEKY (Bessemer Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Bessemer
- Hueytown, AL4 mi
- Midfield, AL6 mi
- Fairfield, AL8 mi
- Helena, AL8 mi
- Pleasant Grove, AL9 mi
- Hoover, AL9 mi
- Lake View, AL11 mi
- Homewood, AL11 mi
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