Cordele, Georgia Weather
Cordele, Georgia — 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 Cordele, Crisp County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cordele. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cordele is published on the Crisp County Cordele Airport (KCKF) page, 3 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 Cordele 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 Cordele: Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (KACJ) 42 km · Sylvester Airport (KSYV) 46 km · Hawkinsville Pulaski County Airport (K51A) 48 km · Fitzgerald Municipal Airport (KFZG) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCKF describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cordele specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cordele.
About Cordele, Georgia
Cordele, Georgia, sits in the broad, flat expanse of south-central Georgia, a landscape painted in broad strokes of emerald fields and a sky that stretches endlessly. It lies 34.5 miles north-east of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south of Vienna. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening melons. Ancient oaks, their limbs gnarled like the knuckles of time, cast deep shadows across the land, their roots anchoring a terrain that is mostly level, broken only by the shallow, winding veins of creeks and the occasional gentle rise. This is a place where the horizon feels close enough to touch, a constant invitation to gaze outward, and where the vastness of the sky often dictates the mood of the day, from the brilliant, almost blinding clarity of noon to the bruised purples and oranges that bleed across the west at dusk. Cordele's story is deeply entwined with the railroad, its very existence spurred by the iron horse that connected the region to the wider world. This railway heritage remains a palpable thread in the town's character, a reminder of its origins as a hub for agricultural trade. The rich, dark soil that surrounds Cordele has long been the bedrock of its economy, nurturing crops that have sustained generations, most notably watermelons, which have earned Cordele its proud moniker, the "Watermelon Capital of the World." Though the echoes of its past are strong, Cordele moves with a steady, unhurried pace, its days marked by the ebb and flow of agricultural cycles and the quiet hum of community life, a testament to resilience and a deep connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Cordele 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 | Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.963507°N, 83.782394°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31015, 31010 |
| Area Code | 912 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cordele, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cordele, Georgia, 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 Cordele includes coordinates 31.963507°N, 83.782394°W, situated in Crisp County. ZIP code 31015, 31010. Telephone area code: 912. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
