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Needham, Alabama Weather

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

Needham, AL
Thursday, June 4 at 10:26 AM
64
°
Clear
Feels like
62°
Humidity
69%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:47 AM
Sunset
7:56 PM
Needham, AL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastNeedham, AL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 79°
Needham, AL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    79°63°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    84°63°+5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Drizzle
    63%
    0.04″
    81°67°-3°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    68%
    82°71°+1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    34%
    86°69°+4°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    33%
    93°69°+7°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    44%
    79°69°-14°
Needham, AL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
092° · backing 15°
Direction
E
092°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
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 7 · pk 20 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 175SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 15° from the e.
Needham, AL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.0
+1.6 mb in 3h · rising · 29.94 inHg
Now
1014.0
mb
3h
+1.6
mb
12h
+1.2
mb
24h
+0.9
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131016
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1015.81012.91015.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Needham, AL
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
-8 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 33 now. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 15 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
70μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 15 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 33
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 15
Needham, AL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
51.4mi
UNLIMITED
64 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
10:26 UTC ·Needham, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
10:26 UTC ·Needham, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Needham, AL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Needham, AL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Needham, AL
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:20 AM
Sunrise
5:47 AM
Daylight
14h 09m
Sunset
7:56 PM
Civil dusk
1:25 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Needham, AL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
85% illuminated
Moonrise
3:58 AM
Moonset
2:17 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Needham, AL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Needham at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 27 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, 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 — Needham

SPC has placed Needham in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Needham

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.