Clanton, Alabama Weather
Clanton, 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 Clanton, Chilton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Clanton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Clanton is published on the Chilton County Airport / Gragg-Wade Field (K02A) page, 2 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. 6 airfields within reach of Clanton 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 Clanton: Shelby County Airport (KEET) 40 km · Bibb County Airport (K0A8) 44 km · Wetumpka Municipal Airport (K08A) 44 km · Prattville - Grouby Field (K1A9) 46 km · Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD) 48 km
Conditions reported at K02A describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clanton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clanton.
About Clanton, Alabama
Clanton rises from the rolling terrain of central Alabama, a place where the air often carries the sweet scent of pine and damp earth after a summer shower. It lies 27.7 miles north-north-west of Prattville, AL (from Prattville, AL: bearing 339°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-east of Thorsby. The landscape here is a gentle, undulating mosaic of cultivated fields, primarily given over to the state's signature peach orchards that burst into vibrant pink bloom each spring, and the darker, more resilient green of mixed pine and hardwood forests. Broad, slow-moving creeks meander through the broader valleys, their banks often thick with wild azaleas and ferns, offering quiet havens for wading birds. The sky above Clanton is a generous canvas, frequently painted with the dramatic, bruised purples and fiery oranges of a departing thunderstorm, a spectacle that lends a certain raw beauty to the everyday. The story of Clanton is deeply rooted in the fertile soil and the agricultural spirit of Chilton County. Originally settled as a crossroads, its fortunes became inextricably linked to the burgeoning peach industry, earning it the unofficial title of "Peach Capital of Alabama" and still celebrated with an annual festival that draws crowds eager for sun-ripened fruit and local crafts. This agricultural heritage is the bedrock of the local economy, though the town has also seen diversification with small manufacturing and service industries contributing to its steady, unhurried pace of life. The echoes of its past are visible in the sturdy brick buildings of its historic downtown, a testament to generations who worked the land and built a community with quiet perseverance.
Live animated radar for Clanton 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 | Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.838737°N, 86.629426°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35045, 35046 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clanton, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clanton, 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 Clanton includes coordinates 32.838737°N, 86.629426°W, situated in Chilton County. ZIP code 35045, 35046. Telephone area code: 205, 256. 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.
