Wilton, Alabama Weather
Wilton, 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 Wilton, Shelby County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wilton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wilton is published on the Shelby County Airport (KEET) page, 14 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. 4 airfields within reach of Wilton 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 Wilton: Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 26 km · Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD) 55 km · Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) 55 km
Conditions reported at KEET describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wilton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wilton.
About Wilton, Alabama
Wilton, Alabama, lies in a gentle fold of Shelby County's rolling terrain, where the land rises and falls with a quiet persistence. It lies 12.0 miles south-south-west of Alabaster, AL (from Alabaster, AL: bearing 198°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-south-west of Calera. The air here often carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, a subtle fragrance that mingles with the richer, loamy smell of cultivated fields. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching wide, punctuate the landscape, their leaves rustling a soft conversation with the breeze. The sky above Wilton can be a vast, ever-changing canvas, particularly at dusk, when the light softens and paints the western horizon in hues of peach and lavender, casting long, dancing shadows across the fields and roads. Wilton's history is tied to the fertile soil and the industry that once pulsed through its veins. Though its past is marked by the echoes of coal mining that shaped much of this region, the land has since reclaimed much of that industrial footprint, allowing agriculture to once again assert its gentle dominion. Farmers here cultivate a variety of crops, their livelihoods still tethered to the seasons and the generous, if sometimes temperamental, Alabama weather. Life in Wilton moves at a pace that allows for neighborly greetings and the quiet observation of the world unfolding, a steady rhythm punctuated by the occasional rumble of a passing truck or the distant call of a bird.
Live animated radar for Wilton 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 | Wilton, Shelby County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.078731°N, 86.881656°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35115, 35187 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wilton, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wilton, 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 Wilton includes coordinates 33.078731°N, 86.881656°W, situated in Shelby County. ZIP code 35115, 35187. Telephone area code: 205, 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.
