Moulton, Alabama Weather
Moulton, 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 Moulton, Lawrence County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Moulton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Moulton is published on the Hartselle-Morgan County Regional Airport (K5M0) page, 34 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 Moulton 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 Moulton: Posey Field (K1M4) 36 km · Pryor Field Regional Airport (KDCU) 37 km · Bill Pugh Field (KM22) 39 km · Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (KMSL) 41 km · Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field (KCMD) 46 km
Conditions reported at K5M0 describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Moulton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Moulton.
About Moulton, Alabama
Moulton rests in a landscape shaped by the persistent, patient hand of water, where the rolling hills of Lawrence County begin to soften their contours. It lies 19.6 miles west-south-west of Decatur, AL (from Decatur, AL: bearing 244°T), and is situated 14.5 miles south-west of Trinity. The land here, a rich, ochre-tinged soil, is generously furrowed by creeks and streams, their slow-moving currents reflecting the wide Alabama sky. Oak and hickory trees, their limbs gnarled like ancient storytellers, punctuate the fields, their shadows lengthening and merging as the day wanes, lending a dappled, textured quality to the very air. The air itself carries the scent of damp earth after a recent shower, a subtle perfume that speaks of growth and quiet sustenance. The history of Moulton is a story of agrarian roots and enduring community spirit, a legacy woven into the very fabric of its founding. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile land and the promise of a new beginning, established a community that has long relied on the bounty of its farms, with cotton once a dominant crop, its white bolls a familiar sight against the green. Today, while agriculture remains a cornerstone, a quiet diversification has taken hold, with small businesses and manufacturing contributing to the local economy, their presence marked by the hum of activity on a Saturday morning. The absence of grand monuments is compensated by a palpable sense of continuity, a feeling that the generations have walked these same paths, their footsteps echoing in the gentle rhythm of life in Moulton.
Live animated radar for Moulton 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 | Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.481206°N, 87.293353°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35650 |
| Area Code | 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Moulton, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moulton, 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 Moulton includes coordinates 34.481206°N, 87.293353°W, situated in Lawrence County. ZIP code 35650. Telephone area code: 256. 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.
