Talladega, Alabama Weather
Talladega, 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 Talladega, Talladega County.
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About Talladega, Alabama
Talladega rests in the undulating embrace of Alabama’s Piedmont, where red clay soil yields to the persistent green of pine and hardwood. It lies 22.1 miles south-west of Anniston, AL (from Anniston, AL: bearing 226°T), and is situated 19.9 miles south-west of Oxford. The air here, especially in the humid hush of late afternoon, carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a perfume that clings to the broad porches and weathered clapboard houses. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, cradle the town, their slopes a patchwork of cultivated fields and wilder thickets. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the quiet dignity of a place that has known both hardship and enduring grace. The sky above Talladega often shifts, from a washed-out blue to the bruised purples of an approaching storm, mirroring the land’s own capacity for both gentle calm and elemental power. The threads of Talladega's story are spun from agriculture and industry, a history woven into the very rhythm of its days. For generations, the land yielded cotton and corn, and the quiet hum of machinery, first in textile mills and later in other manufacturing, supplanted the rustle of stalks. This industrial legacy, though changed, still echoes in the brick facades of older buildings and the ingrained work ethic of its people. The Talladega National Forest, a verdant lung to the east, offers a wilder counterpoint to the town’s settled character, its trails leading through whispering pines and along cool, shaded creeks that offer a brief respite from the Alabama heat. The spirit of Talladega is one of resilience, a quiet perseverance that has seen it through eras of profound change, and a deep connection to the land that continues to shape its identity.
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| Location | Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.435942°N, 86.105805°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35160, 35161 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Talladega, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Talladega, 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 Talladega includes coordinates 33.435942°N, 86.105805°W, situated in Talladega County. ZIP code 35160, 35161. 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.
