Brantley, Alabama Weather
Brantley, 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 Brantley, Dallas County.
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About Brantley, Alabama
Brantley exists where the red dirt of the Black Belt begins to soften, yielding to the gentler undulations of the Coastal Plain. It lies 28.5 miles west of Prattville, AL (from Prattville, AL: bearing 265°T), and is situated 4.6 miles east-north-east of Selma. Here, tall pines, some thick enough to have weathered generations of wind and sun, stand sentinel over fields of cotton and soybeans that stretch out like rumpled green blankets under the vast Alabama sky. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a thick, sweet scent of pine needles and drying earth, a perfume that clings to everything. Old houses, their paint faded to the color of bone and their porches often wide enough to hold a whole family and a rocking chair, dot the landscape, some still sturdy and lived-in, others slowly surrendering to the persistent embrace of kudzu. The roads themselves, paved and unpaved alike, wind with a languid grace, following the contours of the land as if they, too, have been here forever. This corner of Dallas County, though modest in its footprint, carries the weight of a history deeply rooted in agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people. Brantley's economy has long been tied to the bounty of its soil, with cotton and timber being the traditional pillars, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life for generations. While the landscape speaks of an agrarian past, whispers of industry can be found in the quiet hum of machinery at processing plants and the steady flow of trucks carrying goods to market. There are no grand monuments here, but rather a quiet dignity in the small churches that gather communities on Sundays and the general stores that serve as informal town squares. The evenings often bring a profound stillness, broken only by the chirping of crickets and the distant bark of a dog, a peacefulness that feels both ancient and utterly present.
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| Location | Brantley, Dallas County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.429025°N, 86.946655°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36703, 36009 |
| Area Code | 334, 251 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brantley, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brantley, 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 Brantley includes coordinates 32.429025°N, 86.946655°W, situated in Dallas County. ZIP code 36703, 36009. Telephone area code: 334, 251. 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.
