Fort Deposit, Alabama Weather
Fort Deposit, 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 Fort Deposit, Lowndes County.
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About Fort Deposit, Alabama
Fort Deposit lies low in the Alabama landscape, a place where the humid air hangs heavy, thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 31.0 miles south-south-west of Montgomery, AL (from Montgomery, AL: bearing 212°T), and is situated 11.0 miles north-north-east of Greenville. The terrain here is gently rolling, a mosaic of dense woodlands giving way to open fields, often a pale green or golden brown depending on the season. Sunlight filters through the broad leaves of oaks and magnolias, casting shifting patterns on the red clay roads that wind between homesteads and farmsteads. The sky above Fort Deposit is a vast canvas, sometimes a brilliant, almost searing blue on clear days, at other times bruised with the purples and grays of an approaching thunderstorm, the air holding a charged stillness before the deluge. The history of Fort Deposit is tied to the fertile soil and the slow, steady pulse of agriculture that has long defined this part of the Black Belt. Early settlers were drawn by the rich topsoil, and for generations, cotton and timber have been the lifeblood of the local economy, their influence still palpable in the weathered barns and the enduring rhythms of planting and harvest. While the grand plantations of the past are largely gone, their echoes can be felt in the quiet dignity of the older homes and the deep roots of the families who have called this place home for centuries. Small businesses, often family-run, serve the needs of the surrounding farms, their storefronts bearing the marks of time and a quiet resilience, a testament to the enduring spirit of Fort Deposit.
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| Location | Fort Deposit, Lowndes County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.984593°N, 86.578586°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36032 |
| Area Code | 334, 251 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Deposit, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Deposit, 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 Fort Deposit includes coordinates 31.984593°N, 86.578586°W, situated in Lowndes County. ZIP code 36032. Telephone area code: 334, 251. 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.
