Tallassee, Alabama Weather
Tallassee, 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 Tallassee, Elmore County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Tallassee. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Tallassee is published on the Moton Field Municipal Airport (K06A) 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 Tallassee 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 Tallassee: Wetumpka Municipal Airport (K08A) 41 km · Franklin Field (K07A) 42 km · Thomas C Russell Field (KALX) 43 km · Auburn University Regional Airport (KAUO) 44 km · Maxwell Air Force Base (KMXF) 48 km
Conditions reported at K06A describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tallassee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tallassee.
About Tallassee, Alabama
Tallassee lies where the Tallapoosa River, a generous ribbon of water, begins to broaden after its passage through the rolling hills of Elmore County. It lies 24.6 miles west-south-west of Auburn, AL (from Auburn, AL: bearing 258°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-west of Franklin. The landscape here is a gentle embrace of fertile bottomland and softly rising terrain, where pecan groves spread their broad canopies and fields of cotton and soybeans stretch towards the horizon. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid air, has a peculiar softness, as if filtered through a veil of perpetual green. Ancient live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel along the riverbanks, whispering secrets of seasons past to the slow-moving currents. The air itself carries a certain weight, a blend of damp earth, blooming honeysuckle, and the faint, distant hum of life moving at its own deliberate pace. The history of Tallassee is inextricably tied to the power of the Tallapoosa, a force harnessed for industry long before the modern age. The old cotton mill, a silent giant overlooking the river, stands as a monument to a bygone era of manufacturing, its brickwork a testament to the generations of laborers who once filled its halls. Today, Tallassee's economy still draws from the river's bounty, with agriculture remaining a vital thread in its fabric, but a new energy is also emerging, one that seeks to blend the town's rich heritage with contemporary aspirations. The presence of the Tallassee Historical Museum, a repository of local lore and artifacts, offers a tangible connection to the town's founding and its evolution, reminding residents and visitors alike of the deep roots that anchor Tallassee in this corner of Alabama.
Live animated radar for Tallassee 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 | Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 32.535968°N, 85.893292°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36078 |
| Area Code | 334, 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tallassee, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tallassee, 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 Tallassee includes coordinates 32.535968°N, 85.893292°W, situated in Elmore County. ZIP code 36078. Telephone area code: 334, 251. 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.
