Ranburne, 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 Ranburne, Cleburne County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ranburne. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ranburne is published on the West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field (KCTJ) page, 22 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ranburne 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 Ranburne: Roanoke Municipal Airport (K7A5) 44 km · Anniston Regional Airport (KANB) 48 km · Ashland/Lineville Airport (K26A) 51 km · Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport (KPUJ) 57 km · Polk County Airport- Cornelius Moore Field (K4A4) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCTJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ranburne specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ranburne.
Ranburne unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape where the Chattahoochee National Forest begins to assert its presence, its deep greens softening the edges of cultivated fields. It lies 15.9 miles west-south-west of Carrollton, GA (from Carrollton, GA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west of Bowdon. The air here carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth, especially after a summer rain, a fragrance that seems to cling to the weathered barns and modest homes. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, casts a warm, buttery light across the gentle slopes, illuminating the occasional shimmer of mica in the exposed rock faces that dot the terrain. The roads, often winding and unpaved, follow the contours of the land, leading past stands of oak and hickory where the rustle of leaves is the dominant sound. The history of Ranburne is a quiet accumulation of lives lived and livelihoods pursued, largely tied to the fertile soil and the timber that once fueled early industries. For generations, agriculture has been the bedrock of its economy, with cotton and corn yielding to cattle and hay as the agricultural landscape evolved. Though the larger mills have long since departed, the echoes of sawmills and the scent of freshly cut lumber still linger in the collective memory. Ranburne retains a distinct sense of place, a community where neighbors still recognize one another and the pace of life allows for lingering conversations on front porches, a gentle rhythm that has weathered the passage of time.
Live animated radar for Ranburne 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 | Ranburne, Cleburne County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.522888°N, 85.344673°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36273 |
| Area Code | 334 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ranburne, 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 Ranburne includes coordinates 33.522888°N, 85.344673°W, situated in Cleburne County. ZIP code 36273. Telephone area code: 334. 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.