Red Level, Alabama Weather
Red Level, 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 Red Level, Covington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Red Level. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Red Level is published on the South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport (K79J) page, 23 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. 5 airfields within reach of Red Level 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 Red Level: Mac Crenshaw Memorial Airport (KPRN) 49 km · Frank Sikes Airport (K04A) 49 km · Carl Folsom Airport (K14J) 50 km · Florala Municipal Airport (K0J4) 50 km
Conditions reported at K79J describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Red Level specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Red Level.
About Red Level, Alabama
Red Level lies in a landscape etched with the gentle, rolling contours of Covington County, where the sun often casts a golden, almost amber light across the scattered farmsteads and stands of pine. It lies 44.6 miles north of Crestview, FL (from Crestview, FL: bearing 357°T), and is situated 10.2 miles north-west of Andalusia. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening crops, a perfume that clings to the quiet roads and the weathered porches of modest homes. Creeks, shallow and clear after a rain, thread their way through the terrain, their banks fringed with ferns and the occasional flash of a kingfisher. The sky overhead, vast and often a brilliant, cloud-streaked blue, seems to press down with a benevolent weight, framing the slow turning of the seasons. The history of Red Level is tied to the fertile ground and the quiet persistence of those who have worked it, a story told in the rows of corn and cotton that still define much of its economy. Though agriculture remains a cornerstone, the small businesses that dot the main thoroughfare, offering everything from hardware to a plate of fried chicken, speak to a resilient spirit. It’s a place where generations have known each other’s names, where conversations at the local diner can drift from the weather to the price of fertilizer, a steady, unassuming pulse that beats at the heart of Red Level. The faint scent of woodsmoke, particularly in the cooler months, further grounds the experience, a comforting reminder of hearth and home in this corner of Alabama.
Live animated radar for Red Level 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 | Red Level, Covington County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.407111°N, 86.612186°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36274, 36069, 36474 |
| Area Code | 334, 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Level, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Level, 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 Red Level includes coordinates 31.407111°N, 86.612186°W, situated in Covington County. ZIP code 36274, 36069, 36474. Telephone area code: 334, 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.
