Ellenton, Florida Weather
Ellenton, 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 Ellenton, Manatee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ellenton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ellenton is published on the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (KSRQ) 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 Ellenton 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 Ellenton: Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG) 29 km · MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) 36 km · Peter O Knight Airport (KTPF) 44 km · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (KPIE) 46 km · Tampa International Airport (KTPA) 50 km
Conditions reported at KSRQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ellenton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ellenton, Florida
Ellenton breathes the humid, salt-laced air of Florida's Gulf Coast, a low-lying expanse where verdant marshes bleed into the briny embrace of the Manatee River. It lies 3.3 miles east-north-east of Bradenton, FL (from Bradenton, FL: bearing 61°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north-east of South Bradenton. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of flat, fertile ground, crisscrossed by canals and dotted with the stoic silhouettes of live oaks draped in Spanish moss. Palmetto scrub hums with the tireless industry of unseen insects, and the sky, a vast, ever-changing canvas, often hangs heavy with the promise of afternoon thunderstorms, painting the horizon in bruised shades of purple and grey. Sunlight, when it pierces the clouds, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the resilient green of the coastal vegetation and glinting off the slow-moving waters that define this watery domain. This stretch of Manatee County, Ellenton, carries the echoes of a history tied to the rich soil and the vital waterways. Once a hub for citrus groves and cattle ranches, its economy has since diversified, with a significant presence in retail and logistics, evident in the active distribution centers that dot the periphery. The Manatee River remains a constant, a liquid artery that has sustained life and commerce for generations, its banks a testament to the area's agricultural past and its ongoing connection to the sea. Though commerce now hums with a modern cadence, a quiet charm persists in Ellenton, a palpable sense of place where the rhythm of the tides still whispers a timeless story.
Live animated radar for Ellenton 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 | Ellenton, Manatee County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.521705°N, 82.527596°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 34222 |
| Area Code | 941 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ellenton, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellenton, 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 Ellenton includes coordinates 27.521705°N, 82.527596°W, situated in Manatee County. ZIP code 34222. Telephone area code: 941. 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.
