Bay Lake, Florida Weather
Bay Lake, 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 Bay Lake, Hills County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bay Lake. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bay Lake is published on the Tampa International Airport (KTPA) 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 Bay Lake 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 Bay Lake: Tampa Executive Airport (KVDF) 17 km · Peter O Knight Airport (KTPF) 18 km · MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) 25 km · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (KPIE) 26 km · Clearwater Air Park (KCLW) 27 km
Conditions reported at KTPA describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bay Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bay Lake.
About Bay Lake, Florida
Bay Lake rests in a shallow bowl of Florida's gently rolling terrain, a place where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 1.4 miles south of Northdale, FL (from Northdale, FL: bearing 181°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-north-west of Tampa. The landscape here is a study in soft greens and muted browns, the land yielding to slow, meandering creeks that whisper their way towards larger waters. Cypress knees punctuate the edges of small, dark ponds, their gnarled forms like ancient sentinels guarding secrets of the swamp. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm shafts, illuminating dust motes dancing in the humid air and lending a golden haze to the afternoon. The very quietude of Bay Lake seems to absorb sound, leaving only the hum of insects and the occasional rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth. This is a locality where the echoes of citrus groves and cattle ranches still linger, though the economic heart of Bay Lake has shifted. Today, its pulse is a little more varied, with small businesses catering to the needs of a growing population and a quiet appreciation for the natural world. The land itself, long shaped by agricultural endeavors, now offers a different kind of bounty, drawing those who seek a slower pace and an escape from the clamor of larger cities. History here is not shouted from grand monuments, but rather felt in the enduring character of the land and the quiet continuity of life, a subtle reminder of generations who have known this particular stretch of Florida.
Live animated radar for Bay Lake 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 | Bay Lake, Hills County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.0738°N, 82.5059°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33618, 32134, 32830 |
| Area Code | 850, 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bay Lake, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bay Lake, 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 Bay Lake includes coordinates 28.073800°N, 82.505900°W, situated in Hills County. ZIP code 33618, 32134, 32830. Telephone area code: 850, 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.
