Elkton, Florida Weather
Elkton, 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 Elkton, St. Johns County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Elkton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Elkton is published on the Northeast Florida Regional Airport (KSGJ) page, 21 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. 4 airfields within reach of Elkton 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 Elkton: Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field (K28J) 29 km · Flagler Executive Airport (KFIN) 41 km · Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) (KNIP) 56 km
Conditions reported at KSGJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elkton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elkton.
About Elkton, Florida
Elkton lies in a quiet corner of St. Johns County, where the flat, sandy terrain gives way to the gentle embrace of the St. Johns River and its tributaries. It lies 10.2 miles south-west of St. Augustine, FL (from St. Augustine, FL: bearing 221°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west-south-west of St. Augustine Shores. Pine forests, tall and whispering, stretch across the horizon, their needles a soft carpet underfoot, punctuated by the occasional glint of sunlight on dark, slow-moving water. The air here carries the humid perfume of damp earth and the sweet, faint scent of wild blossoms, a subtle fragrance that clings to everything. The landscape, though unassuming, possesses a deep, patient beauty, a place where the sky feels vast and the old oaks, draped in Spanish moss, seem to hold centuries of stillness in their gnarled branches. This stretch of land, once a vital artery for trade and settlement, remembers a time when riverboats plied these waters, their whistles echoing through the cypress swamps. Elkton's history is tied to the agricultural rhythms of Northeast Florida, where fields of potatoes and other vegetables once flourished, feeding communities far and wide. While farming remains a thread in the local economy, the pace has shifted, and a quiet charm now defines Elkton. The distinctive character of this place is found in its small, weathered buildings, the friendly wave of a passing driver, and the way the evening light, a hazy gold, softens the edges of the world, inviting a moment of quiet contemplation.
Live animated radar for Elkton 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 | Elkton, St. Johns County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.783025°N, 81.425909°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33578, 32033 |
| Area Code | 407, 321, 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elkton, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elkton, 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 Elkton includes coordinates 29.783025°N, 81.425909°W, situated in St. Johns County. ZIP code 33578, 32033. Telephone area code: 407, 321, 850. 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.
