Highland Lake, Alabama Weather
Highland Lake, 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 Highland Lake, Blount County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Highland Lake. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Highland Lake is published on the Robbins Field (K20A) page, 10 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 Highland Lake 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 Highland Lake: Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (KGAD) 32 km · St Clair County Airport (KPLR) 40 km · Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) 47 km · Talladega Municipal Airport (KASN) 49 km
Conditions reported at K20A describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Highland Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Highland Lake.
About Highland Lake, Alabama
Highland Lake in Blount County, Alabama, breathes a quiet dignity under the wide, often humid sky. It lies 21.3 miles north-north-east of Trussville, AL (from Trussville, AL: bearing 31°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-east of Oneonta. The landscape here rolls with a gentle, persistent grace, a tapestry of dense pine forests and scattered hardwoods that surrender to the broad, shimmering expanse of the lake itself. The water, a deep, contemplative blue, reflects the changing moods of the heavens, often mirroring the bruised purples and fiery oranges of an approaching storm or the serene, pale gold of a slow, fading afternoon. Small, weathered docks jut out into its embrace, some adorned with the ghosts of forgotten fishing poles and the lingering scent of bait. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries the damp, earthy perfume of the woods, mingled with the faintest whisper of woodsmoke, a constant reminder of lives lived close to the land. The history of Highland Lake is a story told in the soil and the slow, steady pulse of its people. Once, this land hummed with the industry of timber, the towering pines yielding to the persistent demands of sawmills that once dotted the region. Now, the economy leans more towards the quiet ebb and flow of tourism, drawn by the lake's placid waters and the promise of a simpler pace. Generations have fished its depths, their stories as much a part of the local lore as the faint echoes of the old logging days. The character of Highland Lake is etched not in grand monuments, but in the small, sun-bleached houses that line its shores, in the friendly nods exchanged at the local general store, and in the enduring quiet that settles over the water as dusk descends, painting the surface with a molten, ephemeral light.
Live animated radar for Highland Lake 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 | Highland Lake, Blount County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.885099°N, 86.419706°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35121 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Highland Lake, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Highland Lake, 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 Highland Lake includes coordinates 33.885099°N, 86.419706°W, situated in Blount County. ZIP code 35121. 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.
