Sylacauga, Alabama Weather
Sylacauga, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Sylacauga, Talladega County.
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About Sylacauga, Alabama
Sylacauga rises from the rolling foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a place where the air carries the sweet, earthy scent of red clay and pine. It lies 33.0 miles east of Alabaster, AL (from Alabaster, AL: bearing 98°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-east of Childersburg. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of verdant hills, their slopes softened by a mosaic of mature hardwood forests and scattered fields where cotton and corn once held sway, now more often given over to pastures dotted with grazing cattle. Sunlight, even on a cloudy day, seems to possess a certain weight, casting a warm, diffused glow that clings to the rounded contours of the terrain. The Coosa River, a broad, languid ribbon, flows not far off, its presence a constant, murmuring undercurrent to the quiet hum of life in Sylacauga, a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately close. The story of Sylacauga is deeply entwined with the earth beneath its feet, particularly the rich veins of marble that have shaped its economy and identity for generations. This "Marble City," as it is fondly known, became renowned for its pristine white marble, a material that has graced buildings and monuments across the nation, its extraction and processing a cornerstone of local industry. Before the marble, however, the land was tilled by those seeking sustenance, and the echoes of that agricultural past still linger in the broad-shouldered barns and the lingering scent of turned soil after a spring rain. Today, while industry continues to evolve, the bedrock of Sylacauga remains its resilient spirit and the enduring legacy of its distinctive geological gift, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between people and the land they inhabit.
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| Location | Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.173172°N, 86.251641°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35150, 35151 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sylacauga, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sylacauga, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Sylacauga includes coordinates 33.173172°N, 86.251641°W, situated in Talladega County. ZIP code 35150, 35151. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
