Birmingham, AL Weather Forecast
Jefferson County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Birmingham, 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.
Seven-day outlook
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Birmingham, AL at a glance
Birmingham is home to about 196,644 people in Jefferson County, across 147 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Mountain Brook, 4 miles away.
- County
- Jefferson County
- Population
- 196,644 2023 est.
- Land area
- 147 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,337
- Forecast point
- 33.5272°N, 86.7970°W
How well can the network see Birmingham?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBMX (Birmingham, AL), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above Birmingham. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Birmingham show up clearly. Birmingham is closer to its radar than 78% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBHM (Birmingham Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Birmingham
- Mountain Brook, AL4 mi
- Homewood, AL5 mi
- Tarrant, AL5 mi
- Vestavia Hills, AL6 mi
- Fultondale, AL6 mi
- Fairfield, AL8 mi
- Irondale, AL8 mi
- Midfield, AL9 mi
Elsewhere in Alabama
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