Capitola, Florida Weather
Capitola, 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 Capitola, Leon County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Capitola. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Capitola is published on the Tallahassee International Airport (KTLH) page, 26 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. 3 airfields within reach of Capitola 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 Capitola: Cairo Grady County Airport (K70J) 49 km · Thomasville Regional Airport (KTVI) 54 km
Conditions reported at KTLH describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Capitola specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Capitola.
About Capitola, Florida
Capitola rests in a hollow of rolling green, where the land exhales a humid, pine-scented breath towards the Gulf. It lies 11.5 miles east of Tallahassee, FL (from Tallahassee, FL: bearing 86°T), and is situated 2.0 miles east-north-east of Chaires. The terrain here is a gentle surrender, a landscape that feels both ancient and alive, sloping down through stands of tall, whispering pines and scattered oaks, their branches often draped with Spanish moss that sways like spectral beards in the languid air. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy in shifting patterns, illuminating patches of palmetto scrub and the occasional flash of a cardinal’s crimson brilliance. The air itself carries a faint sweetness, a blend of damp earth, ripening berries from unseen bushes, and the distant, subtle tang of salt from waters not immediately visible, hinting at a larger world beyond the immediate embrace of the woods. This quiet corner of Leon County, Florida, though small, carries a subtle resonance of its past. The economy, for generations, was largely tethered to the land, with small farms coaxing sustenance from the rich soil, growing crops that thrived in the subtropical climate. While the larger agricultural enterprises have shifted, a spirit of self-sufficiency and a deep connection to the natural world still permeates Capitola. The local character is one of unhurried observation, where conversations might pause to acknowledge the passing of a hawk or the deepening hues of the sky at twilight, a time when the very air seems to grow softer, more yielding, as if the day itself is sighing contentedly.
Live animated radar for Capitola 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 | Capitola, Leon County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.451035°N, 84.087948°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32317 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Capitola, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Capitola, 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 Capitola includes coordinates 30.451035°N, 84.087948°W, situated in Leon County. ZIP code 32317. Telephone area code: 850. 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.
