Eagle Lake, Florida Weather
Eagle Lake, 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 for Eagle Lake, Polk County.
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About Eagle Lake, Florida
Eagle Lake lies a quiet watercolor under the broad Florida sky, its namesake water a broad, placid expanse reflecting the pale blue and the passing white clouds. It lies 3.4 miles south-south-west of Winter Haven, FL (from Winter Haven, FL: bearing 205°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-east of Bartow. The land here is flat, a gentle, almost imperceptible swell that barely disturbs the eye, fringed by stands of live oak draped in Spanish moss, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the water. Palmettos, their fan-shaped leaves rustling in the persistent breeze, punctuate the edges of the lake, giving way to open fields where the sun, even in the late afternoon, seems to press down with a palpable warmth. The air itself carries the faint, sweet scent of pine and the damp earth, a perfume of the subtropics that clings to everything. The history of Eagle Lake is tied to the fertile soil and the abundance of water that has always defined this part of Polk County. Citrus groves, once the undisputed kings of the local economy, still dot the landscape, their neat rows a testament to generations of cultivation, though the land now also yields a bounty of vegetables and ornamentals. The lake itself, a natural depression that has always been a focal point, has drawn people here for centuries, first indigenous peoples and then settlers who found in its shores a place to build their lives. Small, independent businesses thrive in Eagle Lake, from the corner grocery that knows its customers by name to the quiet workshops where skilled hands mend and create, contributing to a rhythm of life that feels both grounded and enduring.
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| Location | Eagle Lake, Polk County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.978356°N, 81.756469°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33839, 33880 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Eagle Lake, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eagle Lake, 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 Eagle Lake includes coordinates 27.978356°N, 81.756469°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 33839, 33880. Telephone area code: 561. 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.
