Dayton, Alabama Weather
Dayton, 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 Dayton, Marengo County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dayton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dayton is published on the Freddie Jones Field (K70A) page, 12 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 Dayton 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 Dayton: Vaiden Field (KA08) 30 km · Demopolis Municipal Airport (KDYA) 32 km · Greensboro Municipal Airport (K7A0) 37 km · Pine Hill Municipal Airport (K71A) 43 km · Camden Municipal Airport (K61A) 50 km
Conditions reported at K70A describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dayton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dayton.
About Dayton, Alabama
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.
Live animated radar for Dayton 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dayton, Alabama Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
