Bee Ridge, Florida Weather
Bee Ridge, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Bee Ridge, Sarasota County.
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About Bee Ridge, Florida
Bee Ridge, a gentle sprawl of Sarasota County, unfolds not with dramatic pronouncements but with the soft suggestion of Florida’s subtropics. It lies 4.8 miles south-east of Sarasota, FL (from Sarasota, FL: bearing 140°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-south-west of Lakewood Ranch. Here, the land, mostly flat and yielding, exhales a humid, sun-warmed breath, a constant invitation to a slower pace. Live oaks, gnarled veterans draped in Spanish moss, punctuate the landscape, their branches reaching like arthritic fingers toward a sky that often burns a brilliant, unfiltered blue. The air itself carries the faint, sweet perfume of blooming jasmine and the distant, salty tang of the Gulf. Neighborhoods bleed into one another with a disarming ease, a mosaic of ranch houses, tidy bungalows, and newer constructions, all embraced by a verdant, almost insistent, green. The history of Bee Ridge is, in many ways, the story of Florida’s post-war expansion, a narrative of agricultural roots giving way to suburban development. Once a region where citrus groves and cattle ranches held sway, the land has steadily transformed, its fertile soil now supporting a vibrant mix of residential areas and small businesses. While no singular grand landmark dominates the skyline, the character of Bee Ridge is etched in the quiet hum of its daily life, the steady flow of traffic on its arterial roads, and the local shops that serve as informal gathering places. The economy, while diversified, still carries echoes of its agrarian past, with a significant portion dedicated to service industries and retail, all contributing to the unassuming prosperity that defines this corner of Sarasota County.
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| Location | Bee Ridge, Sarasota County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.283937°N, 82.480652°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 34233 |
| Area Code | 941 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bee Ridge, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bee Ridge, Florida, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Bee Ridge includes coordinates 27.283937°N, 82.480652°W, situated in Sarasota County. ZIP code 34233. Telephone area code: 941. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
