Archer, Florida Weather
Archer, 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 Archer, Alachua County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Archer. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Archer is published on the Flying Ten Airport (K0J8) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Archer 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 Archer: Williston Municipal Airport (KX60) 20 km · Gainesville Regional Airport (KGNV) 30 km · Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field (KOCF) 49 km · Cross City Airport (KCTY) 58 km
Conditions reported at K0J8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Archer specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Archer.
About Archer, Florida
Archer slumbers under a wide Florida sky, the air thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 14.4 miles south-west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 234°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-east of Newberry. The land here is a subtle mosaic of low-lying fields, punctuated by stands of live oak draped in Spanish moss, their branches like ancient, gnarled fingers reaching for the sun. Drainage ditches, mirroring the slow, dark veins of the local waterways, crisscross the landscape, carrying the season's rains toward unseen destinations. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a liquid gold quality, softening the edges of the scrub and casting long, indigo shadows that creep across the dusty roads. Here, the quiet is profound, broken only by the drone of insects and the occasional rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth. The history of Archer is written in the weathered wood of its few remaining structures and in the soil that once yielded crops. It was a railroad town once, a hub for the phosphate industry that briefly brought a surge of life and labor to this particular stretch of North Florida. Though the great excavators and their roaring engines are long gone, the echoes of that industrial past linger in the very texture of the land, a faint memory of the earth being turned over with great purpose. Today, Archer’s economy is a quieter affair, tied to the land in a more enduring way, with agriculture still a gentle pulse beneath the surface. The rhythm of life in Archer is one of measured patience, a slow unfolding that mirrors the languid flow of the nearby Suwannee River, a constant, soothing presence in the background of everyday existence.
Live animated radar for Archer 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 | Archer, Alachua County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.529968°N, 82.518997°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33605, 32618 |
| Area Code | 407, 321, 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Archer, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Archer, 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 Archer includes coordinates 29.529968°N, 82.518997°W, situated in Alachua County. ZIP code 33605, 32618. Telephone area code: 407, 321, 904. 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.
