Sylacauga, Alabama Weather
Sylacauga, 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 Sylacauga, Talladega County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sylacauga. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sylacauga is published on the Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD) page, 5 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sylacauga 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 Sylacauga: St Clair County Airport (KPLR) 43 km · Talladega Municipal Airport (KASN) 48 km · Shelby County Airport (KEET) 49 km
Conditions reported at KSCD describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sylacauga specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sylacauga.
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.
Live animated radar for Sylacauga 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
