Crestview, Florida Weather
Crestview, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Crestview, Okaloosa County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Crestview. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Crestview is published on the Bob Sikes Airport (KCEW) page, 5 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 Crestview 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 Crestview: Duke Field (KEGI) 13 km · Eglin Auxiliary Field 6 Airport (KZ01) 22 km · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (KVPS) 32 km · Hurlburt Field (KHRT) 39 km · Santa Rosa Naval Outlying Field Airport (KNGS) 39 km
Conditions reported at KCEW describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crestview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Crestview, Florida
Crestview rises from a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, where the air carries the humid, earthy scent of pine and the distant hum of unseen insects. It lies 21.5 miles north of Wright, FL (from Wright, FL: bearing 11°T), and is situated 17.7 miles north-north-west of Niceville. The terrain here, not quite flat but softened by millennia of erosion, allows for wide-open vistas of sky that can shift from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a Gulf Coast sunset. Longleaf pines, their needles whispering in the breeze, dominate the scenery, interspersed with the darker, more stoic shapes of oak and the vibrant green of palmettos. Roads here often follow the subtle contours of the land, winding through dappled sunlight and shadow, giving a sense of journey rather than direct passage. Even in the heart of Crestview, the natural world feels close, a constant, quiet presence. The story of Crestview is deeply entwined with the railroads that once pulsed through this region, laying down tracks that became arteries for commerce and settlement. Its economy, now diversified beyond the early timber and turpentine industries, still retains a connection to the land and its resources, though manufacturing and service sectors have grown to define its daily life. This growth has brought a steady influx of people, creating a community that balances its Southern roots with a forward-looking spirit. You can still find echoes of the past in the older sections of Crestview, in the modest, well-kept homes and the quiet dignity of its older churches, but the present thrives in its bustling commercial corridors and the ever-present scent of blooming jasmine in the warmer months.
Live animated radar for Crestview 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 | Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.762133°N, 86.570508°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32539, 32536 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crestview, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crestview, 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 Crestview includes coordinates 30.762133°N, 86.570508°W, situated in Okaloosa County. ZIP code 32539, 32536. 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.
