Cottondale, Florida Weather
Cottondale, Florida — 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 Cottondale, Jackson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cottondale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cottondale is published on the Marianna Municipal Airport (KMAI) page, 19 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 Cottondale 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 Cottondale: Tri-County Airport (KBCR) 22 km · Geneva Municipal Airport (K33J) 55 km · Dothan Regional Airport (KDHN) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMAI describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottondale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottondale.
About Cottondale, Florida
Cottondale rests on the gently rolling terrain of Jackson County, Florida, where the air carries the humid breath of the panhandle. It lies 29.5 miles south of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 178°T), and is situated 9.0 miles west of Marianna. Longleaf pines, their bark like scales of ancient armor, dominate the woodlands, their needles whispering in the breeze that often carries the scent of damp earth and distant, sun-baked fields. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and ochres, punctuated by the occasional splash of a wild azalea in bloom, its vibrant hue a brief, startling declaration against the prevailing calm. The roads, largely unpaved ribbons, wind through this gentle country, leading to homes that seem to emerge organically from the trees, their porches offering quiet observation points for the slow procession of days. The history of Cottondale is intimately bound to the fertile soil and the agricultural currents that have shaped this part of Florida. For generations, the economy here has been a testament to the land's bounty, relying on crops that thrive in the warm, moist climate. While the precise origins are lost to the subtle shifting of time, the character of Cottondale is undeniably rooted in the resilience of those who worked the land, their efforts leaving an invisible imprint on the very rhythm of life. It's a place where the past whispers in the rustle of dry corn stalks and the quiet hum of tractors in the distance, a continuity that lends a distinct, unhurried grace to the present.
Live animated radar for Cottondale 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 | Cottondale, Jackson County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.797136°N, 85.376596°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32431 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottondale, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottondale, Florida, 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 Cottondale includes coordinates 30.797136°N, 85.376596°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 32431. Telephone area code: 850. 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.
