Winfield is a small city situated in northwest Alabama, 26 miles (42 km) east of the Mississippi state line.

It lies in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain range which stretches from the deep South all the way to Canada.

Long before the earliest settlers arrived, Native Americans hunted in the forest and fished in the streams of the region.

[1] The East Branch of Luxapallila Creek curves past the center of town, flowing southwest toward the Tombigbee River at Columbus, Mississippi.

The average yearly rainfall in Winfield is about 52 inches (1,300 mm), with March being the wettest month and October the driest.

The spring and fall months are pleasant but variable, but cold fronts frequently bring strong to severe thunderstorms and occasional tornadoes to the region.

Late in the evening hours of December 29, 2021, a line of strong to severe storms entered Alabama from Mississippi.

At 6:27 PM, a tornado warning was issued for an area that included Winfield, Guin, Brilliant, Glen Allen, Beaverton, Gu-Win, Crews, Tucker, Bazemore, and Texas.

At 6:46 PM, the tornado moved over downtown Winfield, causing a substantial amount of damage in the area.

No injuries or fatalities were reported despite eight workers at a local pizza bar being trapped for about thirty minutes.

Mule Day is hosted on the fourth Saturday in September each year, and has been termed "One of the top 20 events in the Southeast" by Travel and Tourism magazine.

The keynote event is a horse parade through the downtown of the city, but there is also live entertainment, car shows and a diverse venue of homemade baked goods sold in a farmers market setting.

Celebrated since 1975,[16] Mule Day has grown into a major event not only for the City of Winfield but also for the State of Alabama.

A division of the Ku Klux Klan, the organization was listed as a hate group in a 2016 document by the Southern Poverty Law Center.