Cottondale, Alabama Weather
Cottondale, 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 Cottondale, Houston County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottondale.
About Cottondale, Alabama
Cottondale exhales a quiet, sun-drenched peace, a place where the land gently rolls and the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and distant, damp earth. It lies 1.3 miles south-south-east of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 158°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-north-east of Taylor. The terrain here is a soft tapestry of low-lying hills, not dramatic in their rise, but yielding to a fertile soil that has always been the land’s most generous gift. Fields, often bordered by the deep green of mature woodlands, stretch out under a wide sky, their contours softened by the hazy, golden light that settles over everything as the afternoon wanes. The houses, modest and weathered, seem to have grown from the ground itself, their porches catching the slow drift of dust motes, a visual echo of the unhurried passage of days in Cottondale. The story of Cottondale is deeply entwined with the bounty of its soil, a history rooted in agriculture where cotton once reigned supreme, its white bolls a familiar sight against the verdant backdrop. Though the era of vast cotton plantations has long since faded, the agricultural spirit persists, with farmers still tending to the land, their livelihoods a testament to the enduring connection between people and the earth. The local economy, while diversified, still feels the pulse of the surrounding farms, a steady beat that underpins the quiet industry of the region. This is a place where traditions are held gently, not as rigid dictates, but as the comfortable habits of a people who understand the value of quiet persistence and the subtle beauty of a life lived close to the land.
Live animated radar for Cottondale and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Cottondale, Houston County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.205176°N, 85.381878°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35453, 36301, 35404 |
| Area Code | 334, 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottondale, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottondale, 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 Cottondale includes coordinates 31.205176°N, 85.381878°W, situated in Houston County. ZIP code 35453, 36301, 35404. Telephone area code: 334, 256. 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.
