Five Points, 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 Five Points, Columbia County.
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Five Points lies in a land where the earth breathes a humid sigh, a gentle slope of pine-studded soil that hums with the persistent chorus of cicadas. It lies 42.8 miles north-north-west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 334°T), and is situated 1.3 miles north of Lake City. The air here carries the sweet, resinous scent of the longleaf pines, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and fading amber. Roads, like tired veins, crisscross the landscape, each one a quiet artery carrying the pulse of this rural corner of Florida. The land itself is not dramatic, but possesses a subtle, enduring beauty, a quiet persistence in the way the palmettos unfurl their fronds and the scrub oaks cling to their sandy dominion. The history of Five Points is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that punctuate its fields, a testament to generations who have coaxed a living from this fertile, yet demanding, terrain. Once a crossroads of commerce, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, from the timber harvested from its extensive pine forests to the crops that thrive in its sandy loam. The quiet hum of agricultural life still echoes, though the rhythms of the day have broadened to include the steady work of local businesses and the gentle ebb and flow of those who call Five Points home. It is a place where the past whispers in the rustle of leaves and the present unfolds with a quiet, unhurried grace.
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| Location | Five Points, Columbia County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.20912°N, 82.637346°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32427, 32055 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Five Points, 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 Five Points includes coordinates 30.209120°N, 82.637346°W, situated in Columbia County. ZIP code 32427, 32055. Telephone area code: 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. 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.