Alturas, Florida Weather
Alturas, Florida — 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 Alturas, Polk County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Alturas. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Alturas is published on the Lake Wales Municipal Airport (KX07) page, 10 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 Alturas 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 Alturas: Bartow Executive Airport (KBOW) 10 km · Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field (KGIF) 22 km · Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) 33 km · South Lakeland Airport (KX49) 33 km · Avon Park Executive Airport (KAVO) 36 km
Conditions reported at KX07 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alturas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alturas.
About Alturas, Florida
Alturas lies in a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling terrain of central Florida, where the earth sighs with a deep, sandy breath. It lies 10.5 miles south of Winter Haven, FL (from Winter Haven, FL: bearing 174°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-south-east of Bartow. The air here often hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp soil, a humid embrace that clings to the skin, especially after a sun-shower. Fields of green stretch out, interrupted by the occasional cluster of live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like aged patriarchs watching over the land. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, can take on a honeyed hue, casting long, languid shadows that soften the edges of the world and invite a contemplative stillness. It is a place that feels rooted, where the land itself seems to hold a quiet, enduring presence. The story of Alturas is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of Polk County, a region that has long been a vital supplier of citrus and cattle. For generations, the economy here has pulsed to the rhythm of the seasons, the planting and the harvest, the branding and the sale. While the landscape speaks of enduring rural traditions, the history of Alturas also hints at the ebb and flow of human endeavor, of families who have tilled this soil and built lives from its bounty. Though not a place of grand monuments, Alturas possesses its own distinct character, a quiet resilience forged in the fertile plains and the persistent Florida sun.
Live animated radar for Alturas 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 | Alturas, Polk County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.871693°N, 81.71508°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33830, 33820 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alturas, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alturas, Florida, 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 Alturas includes coordinates 27.871693°N, 81.715080°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 33830, 33820. Telephone area code: 561. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
