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Bear Creek, Alabama Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bear Creek weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Bear Creek, AL
Sunday, July 5 at 3:29 PM
86
°
Overcast
Feels like
93°
Humidity
63%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:44 AM
Sunset
3:06 PM
Bear Creek, AL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBear Creek, AL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 31% chance of precipitation at 11 PM.
L 69°H 86°
Bear Creek, AL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    31%
    0.05″
    87°71°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    24%
    86°69°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Thunderstorm
    24%
    90°70°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Showers
    91°70°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Drizzle
    26%
    93°68°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    24%
    97°71°+4°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    93°71°-4°
Bear Creek, AL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
221° · veering 62°
Direction
SW
221°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 3
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 3 · pk 14 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 205SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Bear Creek, AL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
984.3
-2.3 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.07 inHg
Now
984.3
mb
3h
-2.3
mb
12h
-0.7
mb
24h
-1.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 984987
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW987.2984.3984.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Bear Creek, AL
Air quality
53
AQI
Moderate
+2 in 6h

AQI 53 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 10.3 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
98μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 46 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 46
UV peak
4.5 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 46

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.3 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Bear Creek, AL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.1mi
UNLIMITED
72 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
20:29 UTC · Bear Creek, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
20:29 UTC · Bear Creek, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bear Creek, AL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bear Creek, AL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bear Creek, AL
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:16 AM
Sunrise
12:44 AM
Daylight
14h 22m
Sunset
3:06 PM
Civil dusk
8:36 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bear Creek, AL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:04 PM
Moonset
11:05 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bear Creek, AL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bear Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 35543

16-Day Forecast — Bear Creek

  1. Sun87°71°31%
  2. Mon86°69°24%
  3. Tue90°70°24%
  4. Wed91°70°8%
  5. Thu93°68°26%
  6. Fri97°71°24%
  7. Sat93°71°43%
  8. Sun88°70°43%
  9. Mon95°70°20%
  10. Tue84°64°9%
  11. Wed86°59°11%
  12. Thu93°65°15%
  13. Fri87°68°43%
  14. Sat87°70°35%
  15. Sun91°69°32%
  16. Mon90°69°39%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Bear Creek

SPC has placed Bear Creek in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Bear Creek

  • 35581
  • 35543

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.