Section, Alabama Weather
Section, 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 Section, Jackson County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Section.
About Section, Alabama
Section unfurls itself in a landscape sculpted by the ancient, patient hand of the Cumberland Plateau. It lies 35.6 miles east-south-east of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 107°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south-south-east of Scottsboro. Here, the land rises and falls in a series of wooded ridges, their slopes cloaked in the dense, verdant tapestry of deciduous forest, punctuated by the darker, more stoic presence of pines. Streams, born from unseen springs high on the plateau, carve their winding paths through the terrain, their waters cool and clear, reflecting the shifting moods of the sky above. The air itself carries a certain stillness, a quiet receptivity that seems to absorb the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a hawk, a palpable sense of earth and sky in close communion. This quiet expanse of Section holds within it the echoes of a past shaped by the land's bounty and the resilience of its people. Once, the rhythms of life here were dictated by the seasons and the demands of agriculture, the soil yielding its produce under the sun's diligent gaze. Though farming remains a quiet undercurrent, the economic heartbeat of Section has shifted, finding new purpose in the surrounding industries that draw upon the region's natural resources. The character of Section is one of understated endurance, a place where the past is not forgotten but integrated into the present, like the weathered stones of an old wall holding firm against the persistent green creep of moss.
Live animated radar for Section 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.
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| Location | Section, Jackson County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.578975°N, 85.986644°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35646, 35771 |
| Area Code | 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Section, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Section, 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 Section includes coordinates 34.578975°N, 85.986644°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 35646, 35771. 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. 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.
