Union, Alabama Weather
Union, 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 Union, Randolph County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Union. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Union is published on the Ashland/Lineville Airport (K26A) page, 33 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 Union 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 Union: Roanoke Municipal Airport (K7A5) 34 km · West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field (KCTJ) 39 km · Anniston Regional Airport (KANB) 39 km · Talladega Municipal Airport (KASN) 55 km · LaGrange Callaway Airport (KLGC) 60 km
Conditions reported at K26A describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Union specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Union.
About Union, Alabama
Union lies in a landscape of rolling Piedmont foothills, where the earth rises and falls like a slumbering giant. It lies 25.8 miles south-east of Anniston, AL (from Anniston, AL: bearing 130°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Wedowee. Red clay, rich and fertile, forms the bedrock, often peeking through the emerald embrace of mature pine and oak forests. Scattered pastures, checkerboarded by weathered fences, offer glimpses of grazing cattle, their forms softened by the hazy Alabama air. Creeks, ribbon-like and often choked with fallen leaves, wind their way through the terrain, their murmur a constant, quiet song. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, casts a honeyed glow, lending a dreamlike quality to the scene, as if the very air has been infused with sunlight. The history of Union is tied to the land and the labor it has yielded. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood, with cotton and corn once dominating the fields, their cultivation shaping the very contours of the hills. The echoes of that past can still be felt in the weathered barns and the stoic, enduring spirit of its people. While the economic landscape has shifted, a quiet resilience persists, with small businesses and family farms continuing to sustain the community. There are no grand monuments here, but the enduring presence of ancestral homes, stoic against the elements, serves as a silent testament to the generations who have called Union home.
Live animated radar for Union 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 | Union, Randolph County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.419557°N, 85.488009°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36280, 36279, 36853, 35462 |
| Area Code | 251, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Union, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Union, 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 Union includes coordinates 33.419557°N, 85.488009°W, situated in Randolph County. ZIP code 36280, 36279, 36853, 35462. Telephone area code: 251, 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.
