Chaires, Florida Weather
Chaires, 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 Chaires, Leon County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Chaires. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Chaires is published on the Tallahassee International Airport (KTLH) page, 23 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 Chaires 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 Chaires: Cairo Grady County Airport (K70J) 50 km · Thomasville Regional Airport (KTVI) 56 km
Conditions reported at KTLH describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chaires specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chaires.
About Chaires, Florida
Chaires exists as a quiet exhale in the rolling landscape of Leon County, a place where the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a summer shower. It lies 9.7 miles east of Tallahassee, FL (from Tallahassee, FL: bearing 91°T), and is situated 10.5 miles south-east of Bradfordville. The terrain here is characterized by gentle slopes that give way to broader, flatter stretches, often marked by the dappled sunlight filtering through stands of mature live oaks and longleaf pines. This is a land where the sky feels expansive, its vastness punctuated by the occasional white plume of a distant contrail or the slow, deliberate flight of a hawk. The roads, often lined with dense foliage that blurs into a green tunnel, wind their way through fields that hint at past cultivation and areas that retain a wilder, untamed beauty. The history of Chaires is intertwined with the agricultural roots of North Florida, a legacy evident in the weathered barns and the occasional overgrown field that whispers of earlier endeavors. For generations, the economy here has been shaped by the land, from timber harvesting that once defined the region to more recent shifts towards smaller-scale farming and equestrian pursuits. While not a hub of bustling industry, Chaires maintains a distinct character, a place where life unfolds at a pace that allows for a deeper appreciation of the natural world. The community's identity is less about grand monuments and more about the quiet dignity of enduring traditions and the subtle beauty of the everyday, like the particular quality of the light that settles over the fields as dusk approaches, painting the sky in hues of rose and lavender.
Live animated radar for Chaires 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 | Chaires, Leon County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.436313°N, 84.117394°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 Chaires, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chaires, 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 Chaires includes coordinates 30.436313°N, 84.117394°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.
