Heath, Alabama Weather
Heath, 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 Heath, Covington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Heath. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Heath is published on the South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport (K79J) page, 9 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 Heath 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 Heath: Carl Folsom Airport (K14J) 36 km · Florala Municipal Airport (K0J4) 38 km · Frank Sikes Airport (K04A) 46 km · Logan Field (K1A4) 48 km · Mac Crenshaw Memorial Airport (KPRN) 56 km
Conditions reported at K79J describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Heath specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Heath.
About Heath, Alabama
Heath, Alabama, unfurls under a sky that often bleeds into a soft, hazy blue, a characteristic of the humid subtropical climate. It lies 36.4 miles west of Enterprise, AL (from Enterprise, AL: bearing 275°T), and is situated 3.7 miles north-north-east of Andalusia. The landscape here is a gentle, rolling terrain, where pine forests, thick and fragrant, give way to open fields of sun-bleached grasses and the occasional shimmer of pecan orchards. Dirt roads, some deeply rutted by the passage of time and weather, wind through this scenery, leading to scattered homes and the quiet pulse of daily life. In the late afternoon, the air grows thick and still, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a palpable stillness that settles over the land like a warm, worn blanket. The history of Heath is largely agricultural, a story told in the rise and fall of cotton and timber industries that once defined the region. For generations, families have worked this soil, their livelihoods tied to the capricious generosity of the seasons. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this particular corner of Covington County, a resilient spirit persists, evident in the small businesses that dot the landscape and the deep-rooted sense of community. The economy here is a quiet hum, sustained by the land and the enduring traditions of its people, a testament to a life lived at a pace dictated by the sun and the rain.
Live animated radar for Heath 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 | Heath, Covington County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.360724°N, 86.469681°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36421 |
| Area Code | 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Heath, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Heath, 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 Heath includes coordinates 31.360724°N, 86.469681°W, situated in Covington County. ZIP code 36421. Telephone area code: 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.
