Malcolm, 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 Malcolm, Washington County.
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Malcolm rests in a landscape sculpted by the slow, deliberate hand of the Gulf Coastal Plain, where loblolly pines stand sentinel over a terrain of gentle swells and shadowed hollows. It lies 34.4 miles north of Mobile, AL (from Mobile, AL: bearing 4°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north of Mount Vernon. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a humid, earthy perfume, a blend of pine needles and damp soil, a scent that clings to the weathered wood of scattered homes and the infrequent gleam of metal roofs. The roads, often red with the iron-rich earth, wind between stands of dense hardwood, the canopy occasionally breaking to reveal fields of soybeans or cotton, their emerald and pale green hues muted by the diffused light. It is a place where the quietude is profound, broken only by the distant hum of a truck on a seldom-used highway or the call of a mourning dove echoing through the trees. The history of Malcolm is deeply entwined with the agricultural pulse of Washington County, a legacy evident in the sturdy, unpretentious farmhouses that dot the countryside, many bearing the marks of generations of toil. While once the land was more broadly given over to cotton, the local economy has diversified, with timber harvesting and a resilient spirit of small-scale farming continuing to define its character. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling commercial centers; instead, the distinctive features of Malcolm are found in the quiet persistence of its people, the enduring strength of the pine forests that clothe the hills, and the slow, steady flow of the nearby waterways that have long served as arteries of passage and sustenance. The very rhythm of life in Malcolm feels attuned to the seasons, a gentle unfolding rather than a hurried march.
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| Location | Malcolm, Washington County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.191284°N, 88.0075°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36556, 36553 |
| 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 Malcolm, 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 Malcolm includes coordinates 31.191284°N, 88.007500°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 36556, 36553. 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.