Fort Braden, Florida Weather
Fort Braden, 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 Fort Braden, Leon County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fort Braden. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fort Braden is published on the Tallahassee International Airport (KTLH) page, 18 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KTLH describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Braden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Braden.
About Fort Braden, Florida
Fort Braden unfolds across a landscape sculpted by the slow, deliberate hand of the Apalachicola River basin, where rolling terrain gives way to the languid embrace of the water. It lies 15.3 miles west of Tallahassee, FL (from Tallahassee, FL: bearing 266°T), and is situated 11.7 miles south-south-east of Quincy. Here, the air hums with a humid, verdant stillness, thick with the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun and the damp earth of the lowlands. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of live oaks and magnolias, dappling the forest floor in shifting patterns of emerald and gold, while the distant murmur of the river acts as a constant, soothing undertone. This is a place where the land breathes, exhaling a quiet beauty that settles deep into the bones. The echoes of a past intertwined with the river's flow resonate through Fort Braden. Once a significant point of passage and trade, its history is etched in the very soil, a narrative of frontier life and burgeoning settlements. The local economy, though humble, remains tethered to the bounty of the surrounding natural resources, with a quiet agrarian spirit still evident in patches of cultivated fields that punctuate the wilder stretches. While no grand monuments mark its passing, the enduring character of Fort Braden lies in its understated resilience and the gentle rhythm of life dictated by the seasons and the river's embrace, a testament to its deep roots in this corner of Florida.
Live animated radar for Fort Braden 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.
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| Location | Fort Braden, Leon County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.422976°N, 84.537686°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32310 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Braden, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Braden, 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 Fort Braden includes coordinates 30.422976°N, 84.537686°W, situated in Leon County. ZIP code 32310. 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. 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.
