Opelika, AL Weather Forecast
Lee County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Opelika, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
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Opelika, AL at a glance
Opelika is home to about 33,572 people in Lee County, across 61 square miles. It ranks 16th by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Auburn, 8 miles away.
- County
- Lee County
- Population
- 33,572 2023 est.
- Land area
- 61 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 549
- Forecast point
- 32.6607°N, 85.3789°W
How well can the network see Opelika?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMXX (Maxwell AFB, AL), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,500 ft above Opelika. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Opelika show up clearly. Opelika is closer to its radar than 77% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCSG (Columbus Arpt). Far enough that current conditions for Opelika are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Opelika
- Auburn, AL8 mi
- Valley, AL14 mi
- La Fayette, AL17 mi
- Lanett, AL17 mi
- Smiths Station, AL19 mi
- West Point, GA21 mi
- Tuskegee, AL24 mi
- Phenix City, AL25 mi
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