Cherry Lake, Florida Weather
Cherry 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 Cherry Lake, Madison County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cherry Lake. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cherry Lake is published on the Valdosta Regional Airport (KVLD) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Cherry 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 Cherry Lake: Moody Air Force Base (KVAD) 48 km · Suwannee County Airport (K24J) 50 km · Thomasville Regional Airport (KTVI) 56 km · Perry-Foley Airport (KFPY) 59 km
Conditions reported at KVLD describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cherry Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cherry Lake.
About Cherry Lake, Florida
Cherry Lake rests in a quiet cradle of North Florida's rolling terrain, where the air hums with the drone of cicadas and the scent of pine needles hangs heavy. It lies 19.4 miles south-south-west of Valdosta, GA (from Valdosta, GA: bearing 207°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north of Madison. The land here is a tapestry of dense woodlands, interspersed with sun-drenched clearings that hint at forgotten fields. Water, the lifeblood of this place, pools in its namesake, Cherry Lake, its surface a mirror reflecting the vast, unblemished sky, a perfect, tranquil disc under the afternoon sun. Sedges and palmettos fringe its edges, a wild fringe against the encroaching green, where the occasional egret stands sentinel, its white plumage a stark contrast against the muted earth tones. This corner of Madison County carries the quiet weight of a history tied to the land, its economy historically rooted in agriculture and timber. The rich, dark soil, once coaxed into yielding cotton and tobacco, now mostly supports cattle ranches and pine plantations, the scent of cut wood a familiar perfume on the breeze. Generations have worked this soil, their stories whispered on the wind that rustles through the cypress trees lining the shallow creeks that feed the lake. While grand monuments are absent, a deeper resonance exists in the enduring spirit of resilience, in the slow, steady pulse of life that continues to flow through Cherry Lake, a place where the past is not forgotten but softly integrated into the present.
Live animated radar for Cherry 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 | Cherry Lake, Madison County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.583262°N, 83.427095°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32162, 32340 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cherry Lake, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cherry 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 Cherry Lake includes coordinates 30.583262°N, 83.427095°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 32162, 32340. 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.
