Boykin, Alabama Weather
Boykin, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Boykin, Wilcox County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Boykin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Boykin is published on the Camden Municipal Airport (K61A) page, 12 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Boykin have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Boykin: Pine Hill Municipal Airport (K71A) 31 km · Craig Field (KSEM) 40 km · Freddie Jones Field (K70A) 46 km · Vaiden Field (KA08) 49 km
Conditions reported at K61A describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boykin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boykin.
About Boykin, Alabama
Boykin lies low in the Alabama Black Belt, a place where the land itself seems to sigh with the weight of centuries, a quiet expanse of fertile soil and whispering pines. It lies 54.9 miles west-south-west of Prattville, AL (from Prattville, AL: bearing 241°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north of Camden. The air here, thick and humid in the long summers, carries the scent of damp earth and blooming honeysuckle, a perfume that clings to everything. Rolling fields, once diligently tilled, now often give way to dense woodlands, their shadows stretching long and cool across the unpaved roads that snake through the countryside. The pace of life in Boykin is a slow, deliberate unfurling, each day measured not by the ticking clock but by the slant of the sun through the ancient oaks and the murmur of distant cicadas. The history of Boykin is deeply entwined with the rich, dark earth that defines this region, land that fueled cotton plantations and shaped the lives of those who worked it. Though the grand houses of that era have largely faded, their memory lingers in the very bones of the landscape, a subtle echo of a complex past. Today, the economy of Boykin is a more humble affair, largely agricultural, with a focus on timber and livestock, a testament to the enduring bounty of the Black Belt. The occasional church steeple, sharp against the vast blue sky, and the weathered general store, a hub of local chatter, are the landmarks that punctuate the quietude, anchoring the present to the deep currents of its long story.
Live animated radar for Boykin and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Boykin, Wilcox County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.077923°N, 87.28138°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36474, 36426, 36723 |
| Area Code | 251, 334 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boykin, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boykin, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Boykin includes coordinates 32.077923°N, 87.281380°W, situated in Wilcox County. ZIP code 36474, 36426, 36723. Telephone area code: 251, 334. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
