Altoona, Alabama Weather
Altoona, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Altoona, Etowah County.
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About Altoona, Alabama
Altoona sprawls across the rolling hills of northeastern Alabama, a place where the sky seems to stretch a little further, painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of an afternoon storm. It lies 18.3 miles west of Gadsden, AL (from Gadsden, AL: bearing 273°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east-north-east of Oneonta. The landscape here is a study in greens and browns, a mosaic of dense woodlands giving way to open fields, their contours softened by the humid air that clings to everything like a second skin. Old farmhouses, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin, stand sentinel against the encroaching wildness, their porches gathering the slow, quiet breath of the land. The air itself carries a certain weight, thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its descent, casting long, attenuated shadows that stretch and writhe across the uneven terrain. This is a corner of Etowah County that remembers a different kind of bustle, a time when the whisper of coal dust hung heavy in the air, a testament to the mining operations that once defined its economy. Though those days are largely past, the echoes of that industrious spirit linger, a subtle undercurrent in the quiet lives of Altoona's residents. The local economy now finds its footing in agriculture and smaller enterprises, the land yielding its bounty in crops and livestock. Here, the past is not a forgotten relic but a quiet companion, a story whispered in the rustle of leaves and the distant rumble of a passing train, a gentle reminder of the generations who have called this particular stretch of Alabama home.
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| Location | Altoona, Etowah County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.026208°N, 86.326092°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35952 |
| Area Code | 334, 205 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Altoona, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Altoona, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Altoona includes coordinates 34.026208°N, 86.326092°W, situated in Etowah County. ZIP code 35952. Telephone area code: 334, 205. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
