Fruitville, Florida Weather
Fruitville, 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 Fruitville, Sarasota County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fruitville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fruitville is published on the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (KSRQ) page, 12 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 Fruitville 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 Fruitville: Venice Municipal Airport (KVNC) 29 km · Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG) 51 km · MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) 58 km
Conditions reported at KSRQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fruitville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fruitville, Florida
Fruitville unfolds under a sky that often bleeds into the Gulf's hazy horizon, a landscape where the flat, sandy terrain, softened by a verdant cloak of subtropical growth, hints at the proximity of the coast. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-west of Lakewood Ranch, FL (from Lakewood Ranch, FL: bearing 201°T), and is situated 4.5 miles east of Sarasota. Palm fronds, with their broad, sweeping gestures, create shifting mosaics of shadow on driveways and rooftops, while the air itself carries a humid, almost palpable sweetness, especially after a rain shower, a scent mingled with the faint, earthy perfume of sun-baked soil. This is a place where the light can be particularly striking at dusk, casting long, languid shadows that stretch across manicured lawns and the occasional stretch of untamed scrub, a subtle reminder of the wilder nature that lies just beyond the edges of development. The character of Fruitville is one of quiet resilience, a community that has absorbed the gentle ebb and flow of Florida's coastal lifestyle, maintaining a comfortable, unhurried pace. The history of Fruitville is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty that once dominated its landscape, a legacy evident in its name and the remnants of citrus groves that still dot the periphery. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a prosperous harvest, established a community that thrived on the cultivation of oranges and other tropical fruits, a rhythm of planting and picking that shaped the very identity of Fruitville. While the economic focus has shifted, with a growing reliance on services and retail, the echoes of this agrarian past can still be felt, a subtle undercurrent in the local character. The presence of the sprawling University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus also contributes to the intellectual and cultural pulse of Fruitville, drawing in students and faculty who add a dynamic layer to the established community, fostering a blend of tradition and forward-looking ambition.
Live animated radar for Fruitville 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 | Fruitville, Sarasota County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.329768°N, 82.457596°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 34232 |
| Area Code | 941 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fruitville, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fruitville, 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 Fruitville includes coordinates 27.329768°N, 82.457596°W, situated in Sarasota County. ZIP code 34232. 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.
