Cross City, Florida Weather
Cross City, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Cross City, Dixie County.
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About Cross City, Florida
Cross City rests where the flatlands of Dixie County begin their gentle surrender to the Gulf's broad embrace, a place where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and the distant tang of salt. It lies 48.1 miles west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 269°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west-north-west of Old Town. The landscape here is a study in greens and browns, a low-slung terrain where sawgrass marshes give way to stands of live oak draped in Spanish moss, their branches reaching like ancient, gnarled fingers towards a sky that often burns with the fierce, unwavering blue of Florida's sun. The roads, often straight and bordered by dense foliage, seem to invite a slow, deliberate journey, each curve revealing another vista of water or woodland, where the quiet hum of insect life forms the constant, subtle soundtrack to the day. This corner of Florida, Cross City itself, carries a history deeply entwined with the bounty of its surrounding waters and forests, its economy once largely shaped by timber and fishing. The faint scent of brine, even miles inland, speaks to its proximity to the coast, a constant reminder of the sea's influence. While its past may have been defined by the extraction of natural resources, the present pulse of Cross City beats to a more measured cadence, a rhythm dictated by the ebb and flow of local life, where small businesses hum with quiet purpose and the evenings often bring a softening of the light, painting the sky in hues of rose and lavender.
Live animated radar for Cross City and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Cross City, Dixie County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.634398°N, 83.125131°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32628 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cross City, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cross City, Florida, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Cross City includes coordinates 29.634398°N, 83.125131°W, situated in Dixie County. ZIP code 32628. Telephone area code: 904. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
