Bagdad, Florida Weather
Bagdad, 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 Bagdad, Santa Rosa County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bagdad. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bagdad is published on the Spencer Nolf Airport (KNRQ) page, 11 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 Bagdad 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 Bagdad: Whiting Field Naval Air Station South Airport (KNDZ) 12 km · Whiting Field Naval Air Station - North (KNSE) 14 km · Pensacola International Airport (KPNS) 20 km · Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA) 39 km · Summerdale Naval Outlying Field (KNFD) 60 km
Conditions reported at KNRQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bagdad specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bagdad.
About Bagdad, Florida
Bagdad rests in a gentle hollow, a place where the air often hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, a fragrance that seems to cling to everything. It lies 7.7 miles east of Pace, FL (from Pace, FL: bearing 90°T), and is situated 1.3 miles south-south-west of East Milton. The landscape here is a study in quiet greens and muted browns, a rolling terrain carpeted with longleaf pines that whisper secrets to the wind. Creeks, like the slow, dark veins of the land, meander through the undergrowth, their waters stained the color of weak tea by the tannins of fallen leaves. Sunlight filters through the canopy in shifting patterns, dappling the forest floor in a way that feels ancient and undisturbed, a quiet luminescence that softens the edges of the world. The roads are often unpaved, narrow ribbons winding between trees, and the houses, when they appear, are low-slung and weathered, blending into their surroundings with an easy grace. The history of Bagdad is bound to the waters that shaped it, particularly the Blackwater River, which once served as a vital artery for logging operations. For generations, this waterway carried the bounty of the surrounding forests downstream, fueling an economy built on timber and naval stores. The echoes of that industrious past can still be felt in the quiet hum of the few businesses that remain, a testament to a resilience forged in simpler times. While the grand scale of the logging operations has long since faded, the connection to the natural world persists, a gentle understanding of the land’s enduring gifts. The rhythm of life in Bagdad is unhurried, marked less by the clamor of commerce and more by the slow turning of the seasons and the ever-present murmur of the nearby creeks.
Live animated radar for Bagdad 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 | Bagdad, Santa Rosa County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.598805°N, 87.031077°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32530, 32583 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bagdad, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bagdad, 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 Bagdad includes coordinates 30.598805°N, 87.031077°W, situated in Santa Rosa County. ZIP code 32530, 32583. Telephone area code: 850. 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.
