Faunsdale, 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 Faunsdale, Marengo County.
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Faunsdale breathes a quiet, verdant stillness, a landscape where the Alabama soil, rich and red, yields to the slow, deliberate march of agriculture. It lies 51.8 miles south of Tuscaloosa, AL (from Tuscaloosa, AL: bearing 182°T), and is situated 4.7 miles west of Uniontown. The terrain, a gentle swell of rolling hills, is etched with the linear precision of cultivated fields, punctuated by the darker, more ancient green of mixed pine and hardwood forests. Along the low-lying areas, the air grows thick with the scent of damp earth and the unseen buzz of insects, especially as the sun begins its descent, painting the western sky in bruised purples and soft, diffused oranges that settle like a benediction over the fields. Here, the roads, often paved but sometimes yielding to the forgiving dust of unpaved tracks, wind with a languid grace, connecting scattered homesteads and the occasional cluster of buildings that mark the heart of this rural expanse. The history of Faunsdale is inextricably bound to the land, a narrative of cultivation and resilience. This is a place where the echoes of antebellum plantations still linger, their legacy a complex weave of prosperity and hardship, influencing the very character of the community. The local economy, historically rooted in cotton and now diversified with other crops, moves at a pace dictated by the seasons, a steady rhythm that has sustained generations. The distinctive feel of Faunsdale lies in this deep connection to its agricultural past, a quiet pride in the enduring strength of the land and the people who work it, a distinctiveness that whispers rather than shouts its presence.
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| Location | Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.459859°N, 87.593894°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 Faunsdale, 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 Faunsdale includes coordinates 32.459859°N, 87.593894°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.