Cross Creek, Florida Weather
Cross Creek, 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 Cross Creek, Hills County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cross Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cross Creek is published on the Tampa Executive Airport (KVDF) page, 14 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 Cross Creek 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 Cross Creek: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport (KZPH) 21 km · Plant City Municipal Airport (KPCM) 24 km · Tampa International Airport (KTPA) 26 km · Peter O Knight Airport (KTPF) 27 km · Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) 36 km
Conditions reported at KVDF describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cross Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cross Creek.
About Cross Creek, Florida
Cross Creek unfolds as a quiet confluence of scrub pines and shimmering water, where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant call of wading birds. It lies 6.7 miles south of Wesley Chapel, FL (from Wesley Chapel, FL: bearing 189°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north-east of University. The land here is a low-lying tapestry of sandy soil, interrupted by slow-moving creeks and marshy expanses that breathe a humid breath across the landscape. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-cloudy sky, casts a pale, diffused glow, illuminating the palmettos and the occasional hardy live oak that stands sentinel against the prevailing winds. The character of Cross Creek is one of patient endurance, a place where nature's slow, persistent work is as evident as any human endeavor. The legacy of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning novels captured the essence of this region, still whispers through the quiet lanes and around the historic homestead. Life in Cross Creek has long been tied to the bounty of its fertile soil and the gentle flow of its waterways, with citrus groves and cattle ranches having shaped its economic backbone for generations. The local economy, though perhaps more diversified now, still carries the imprint of this agricultural heritage, a tangible connection to the land that defines the very soul of Cross Creek. The rhythm of daily life here is less a hurried march and more a leisurely stroll, dictated by the sun's arc and the natural cycles of the Florida landscape.
Live animated radar for Cross Creek 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 | Cross Creek, Hills County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.144°N, 82.3459°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33647, 32640 |
| Area Code | 407, 321, 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cross Creek, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cross Creek, 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 Cross Creek includes coordinates 28.144000°N, 82.345900°W, situated in Hills County. ZIP code 33647, 32640. Telephone area code: 407, 321, 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. 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.
