Heath, 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 Heath, Covington County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.