Pinckard, 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 Pinckard, Dale County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pinckard. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pinckard is published on the Dothan Regional Airport (KDHN) page, 10 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 Pinckard 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 Pinckard: Ozark-Blackwell Field (K71U) 15 km · Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field (KOZR) 16 km · Headland Municipal Airport (KHDL) 24 km · Enterprise Municipal Airport (KEDN) 33 km · Geneva Municipal Airport (K33J) 42 km
Conditions reported at KDHN describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pinckard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pinckard.
Pinckard rests in a landscape of gentle slopes and fertile bottomlands, where the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 11.4 miles west-north-west of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 302°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Daleville. The sun, when it descends, paints the western sky in hues of bruised plum and fading rose, casting long shadows from the sparse oaks that punctuate the fields. Here, life moves with a quiet deliberation, a rhythm dictated by the turning seasons and the slow, steady pulse of agricultural cycles. The very soil, a rich, dark loam, feels ancient and yielding, promising sustenance to those who work it with patient hands. This corner of Dale County has long been shaped by the land’s bounty and the enduring spirit of its people. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground, established Pinckard as a place of quiet industry, its economy rooted in farming and the harvesting of timber from the surrounding woodlands. The occasional rustle of leaves in the wind seems to whisper stories of generations past, of lives lived in close communion with the natural world, and of a resilience forged in the face of hardship. While modern conveniences have found their way here, the character of Pinckard remains tied to its agrarian past, a place where the familiar embrace of community and the steadying influence of the land still hold sway.
Live animated radar for Pinckard 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 | Pinckard, Dale County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.311561°N, 85.552991°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36371 |
| Area Code | 334 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pinckard, 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 Pinckard includes coordinates 31.311561°N, 85.552991°W, situated in Dale County. ZIP code 36371. Telephone area code: 334. 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.