Cottondale, Alabama Weather
Cottondale, 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 Cottondale, Houston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cottondale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cottondale is published on the Dothan Regional Airport (KDHN) page, 14 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 Cottondale 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 Cottondale: Headland Municipal Airport (KHDL) 19 km · Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field (KOZR) 32 km · Ozark-Blackwell Field (K71U) 34 km · Abbeville Municipal Airport (K0J0) 46 km · Geneva Municipal Airport (K33J) 49 km
Conditions reported at KDHN describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottondale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
