Chipley, Florida Weather
Chipley, 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 Chipley, Washington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Chipley. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Chipley is published on the Tri-County Airport (KBCR) page, 9 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 Chipley 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 Chipley: Marianna Municipal Airport (KMAI) 35 km · Geneva Municipal Airport (K33J) 44 km · Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (KECP) 53 km · Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field (KOZR) 57 km · Defuniak Springs Airport (K54J) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBCR describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chipley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chipley.
About Chipley, Florida
Chipley sprawls across a landscape of rolling terrain, where the air itself seems to thicken with the scent of pine and damp earth after a summer shower. It lies 31.7 miles south-south-west of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 196°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Bonifay. The land here isn't dramatic, but possesses a quiet resilience, a gentle rise and fall that hints at the soft, sandy soil beneath. Creeks, ribbon-like and often veiled by overhanging branches, thread through the countryside, carrying the whispers of the Gulf Coast's humid embrace. The sky above Chipley is vast, often painted with bruised purples and fiery oranges at dusk, a spectacle that can stop you in your tracks, a momentary pause in the day's unfolding. Houses, some painted in cheerful pastels, others weathered to a soft grey, dot the landscape, each a small testament to lives lived and stories held. The history of Chipley is intrinsically tied to the railroads that once thundered through, carving a path for commerce and settlement in the late 19th century. This legacy of connection continues to shape its local economy, with agriculture, particularly timber and peanut farming, still holding a significant presence, though the pulse of the modern world has brought diverse small businesses and services. Chipley lies in a region where the rich, dark earth is a constant reminder of its agricultural roots, a fertile ground that has sustained generations. The nearby wetlands and forests offer a quiet refuge, a place where the calls of unseen birds punctuate the stillness, and the subtle beauty of nature unfolds at its own unhurried pace.
Live animated radar for Chipley 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 | Chipley, Washington County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.781858°N, 85.538541°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32428 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chipley, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chipley, 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 Chipley includes coordinates 30.781858°N, 85.538541°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 32428. Telephone area code: 850. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
