Forest City, Florida Weather
Forest City, 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 Forest City, Seminole County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Forest City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Forest City is published on the Orlando Apopka Airport (KX04) 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 Forest City 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 Forest City: Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) 17 km · Orlando Sanford International Airport (KSFB) 24 km · Orlando International Airport (KMCO) 30 km · Umatilla Municipal Airport (KX23) 35 km · Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) 40 km
Conditions reported at KX04 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Forest City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Forest City, Florida
Forest City, Florida, unfolds across a landscape of subtle, rolling terrain, where the air itself seems to carry the scent of damp earth and pine needles. It lies 4.1 miles east-south-east of Apopka, FL (from Apopka, FL: bearing 103°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north-north-west of Orlando. Dense stands of Southern live oaks, draped with Spanish moss like ancient shawls, give way to open expanses of palmetto scrub and the occasional vibrant splash of a blooming azalea. The sunlight here, particularly in the late afternoon, filters through the canopy in shifting, golden shafts, illuminating the quiet stillness of the place, a stillness punctuated only by the distant buzz of insects or the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth. The very character of Forest City is one of gentle embrace, a place where the natural world still holds sway, shaping the quiet lives lived within its leafy borders. The history of Forest City is intertwined with the agricultural ambitions of early Florida settlers, a time when citrus groves and cattle ranches were the bedrock of the local economy. Though the boom-and-bust cycles of farming have ebbed and flowed, a connection to the land persists, evident in the small, independent nurseries that still dot the periphery and the farmers' markets that gather on weekend mornings. While larger industries have largely bypassed this pocket of Seminole County, Forest City has cultivated a distinct identity rooted in a more personal scale of commerce and community. Its distinctive character lies in this quiet persistence, a refusal to be rushed by the relentless march of progress, opting instead for a slower, more deliberate rhythm that allows the subtle beauty of its natural setting to truly shine.
Live animated radar for Forest City 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 | Forest City, Seminole County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.666776°N, 81.443344°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32703, 32714 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Forest City, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest City, 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 Forest City includes coordinates 28.666776°N, 81.443344°W, situated in Seminole County. ZIP code 32703, 32714. Telephone area code: 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.
