Alton, Virginia Weather
Alton, Virginia — 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 Alton, Halifax County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Alton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Alton is published on the Danville Regional Airport (KDAN) page, 30 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 Alton 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 Alton: Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County (KTDF) 32 km · Lake Country Regional Airport (KW63) 40 km · Henderson Oxford Airport (KHNZ) 48 km · Chase City Municipal Airport (KCXE) 51 km
Conditions reported at KDAN describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alton.
About Alton, Virginia
Alton rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, patient hands of water and earth. It lies 21.8 miles east of Danville, VA (from Danville, VA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-west of Riverdale. Rolling hills, cloaked in a verdant tapestry of mixed hardwoods and pines, descend into the fertile bottoms of the Dan River, its waters a muted silver under the wide Virginian sky. The air here, especially in the soft hush of late afternoon, carries the scent of damp soil and ripening corn, a gentle perfume that clings to the weathered barns and modest homes scattered across the countryside. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, paints fleeting, golden mosaics on the gravel roads that meander like forgotten streams through the terrain. The history of Alton is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of agriculture, a legacy that still defines its economy. For generations, this land has yielded tobacco, soybeans, and corn, the rhythms of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life. The presence of the Dan River, a vital artery for transport and sustenance in earlier times, still whispers of a past connected to mills and trade, though its current song is one of quiet flow. While modern industry has found a foothold in neighboring areas, Alton maintains a distinct character, a place where the enduring spirit of rural Virginia continues to breathe, a testament to the land and the people who have long called it home.
Live animated radar for Alton 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 | Alton, Halifax County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.573195°N, 79.00279°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24520 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alton, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alton, Virginia, 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 Alton includes coordinates 36.573195°N, 79.002790°W, situated in Halifax County. ZIP code 24520. Telephone area code: 276. 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.
