Gantt, Alabama Weather
Gantt, 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 Gantt, Covington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gantt. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gantt is published on the South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport (K79J) 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 Gantt 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 Gantt: Carl Folsom Airport (K14J) 37 km · Frank Sikes Airport (K04A) 42 km · Florala Municipal Airport (K0J4) 44 km · Mac Crenshaw Memorial Airport (KPRN) 50 km · Logan Field (K1A4) 52 km
Conditions reported at K79J describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gantt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gantt.
About Gantt, Alabama
Gantt rests in a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling terrain of Covington County, where red earth yields to the persistent green of Southern foliage. It lies 37.6 miles west of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 280°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north of Andalusia. Pine trees stand sentinel, their needles whispering in the warm air that carries the faint scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke. The land here is a study in subtle contours, hinting at the slow, steady work of water over millennia, as creeks and streams carve their patient paths. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, often falls in diffused shafts, illuminating the moss that clings to ancient oaks and the delicate ferns unfurling in shaded hollows. It is a place where the very stillness seems to hum with unseen life, a quiet testament to the enduring cycles of nature. The history of Gantt is deeply entwined with the bounty of its land, particularly the flowing waters that once powered its mills. For generations, agriculture has been the backbone of this corner of Alabama, with cotton and timber being crops that shaped its early economy and character. The echoes of a simpler, more agrarian past can still be felt in the unhurried pace of life, a deliberate counterpoint to the clamor of the outside world. While industry has evolved, the spirit of self-reliance and community, born from the shared labor of farming and logging, remains a defining feature of Gantt. The nearby Conecuh River, a ribbon of dark water, continues to offer its own brand of quiet beauty, a reminder of the natural resources that have always sustained this locality.
Live animated radar for Gantt 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 | Gantt, Covington County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.406834°N, 86.484127°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36038 |
| Area Code | 334, 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gantt, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gantt, 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 Gantt includes coordinates 31.406834°N, 86.484127°W, situated in Covington County. ZIP code 36038. 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. 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.
