Taylor, Alabama Weather
Taylor, 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 Taylor, Houston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Taylor. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Taylor is published on the Dothan Regional Airport (KDHN) page, 18 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 Taylor 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 Taylor: Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field (KOZR) 26 km · Headland Municipal Airport (KHDL) 27 km · Ozark-Blackwell Field (K71U) 33 km · Geneva Municipal Airport (K33J) 40 km · Enterprise Municipal Airport (KEDN) 44 km
Conditions reported at KDHN describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Taylor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Taylor.
About Taylor, Alabama
Taylor is a place where the earth exhales a humid breath, a gentle, rolling landscape softened by the persistent green of pine and oak. It lies 6.1 miles south-west of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 229°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-south-west of Cowarts. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm swathes, illuminating the sandy soil and the occasional shimmer of a kudzu vine clinging to weathered fences. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a rain, mingled with the faint, sweet perfume of wild magnolias in bloom. Life moves with a quiet deliberateness, a steady pulse that echoes in the rustle of leaves and the distant hum of a passing truck, a rhythm that feels both ancient and entirely present. The story of Taylor is one deeply entwined with the rich, dark soil that has long sustained its people, primarily through agriculture. Cotton fields once stretched across these undulating hills, a testament to the hard work and resilience of generations who coaxed a living from the land. Though the agricultural landscape has shifted, echoes of that past remain, a quiet dignity in the weathered barns and the stoic faces of those who still tend the earth. Local businesses, modest but vital, anchor the community, their doors opening to a steady stream of familiar faces, a constant reminder of the enduring ties that bind this corner of Houston County. The very character of Taylor is drawn from this deep connection to the land, a quiet strength that permeates its everyday existence.
Live animated radar for Taylor 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 | Taylor, Houston County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 31.164899°N, 85.468267°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36036, 36301 |
| Area Code | 334, 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Taylor, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Taylor, 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 Taylor includes coordinates 31.164899°N, 85.468267°W, situated in Houston County. ZIP code 36036, 36301. 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.
