Dayton, 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 Dayton, Marengo County.
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Dayton sits in a landscape that remembers the slow work of water and wind, a gentle rolling terrain of red earth that cradles scattered stands of pine and oak. It lies 59.5 miles south of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 184°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-north-east of Linden. The air here, particularly in the languid afternoons of late summer, carries a humid sweetness, a scent of sun-baked soil and distant honeysuckle, a palpable weight that suggests the deep south’s embrace. The roads, often unpaved, wind through fields that stretch and recede, punctuated by the occasional weathered barn or a cluster of mailboxes standing sentinel at the end of a long driveway, marking homes that seem to have grown organically from the land itself. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the quiet air and lending a certain reverence to the ordinary. The history of Dayton is a quiet hum beneath the surface of its present, a legacy tied to the fertile soil and the streams that feed the Alabama River basin. Once, this land was shaped by the agricultural endeavors of generations, the echoes of cotton fields and the enduring spirit of those who worked the earth. The local economy, though diversified, still holds a deep connection to the land, with farming and timber playing significant roles. There is a distinct character to Dayton, a sense of continuity that can be felt in the slow, deliberate pace of life, in the way neighbors still greet each other with a nod and a spoken word, and in the enduring presence of small, family-owned businesses that have weathered the changing tides of commerce. The very stillness of Dayton seems to hold a story, a patient waiting for the next season, the next generation, to add its own chapter to the unfolding narrative.
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| Location | Dayton, Marengo County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.350973°N, 87.64195°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36738 |
| Area Code | 334 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dayton, 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 Dayton includes coordinates 32.350973°N, 87.641950°W, situated in Marengo County. ZIP code 36738. Telephone area code: 334. 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.