Gardner, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tides and marine conditions, soil and crop conditions for Gardner, Hardee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gardner. Nearest NOAA tide station:
Flight conditions near Gardner — sourced from the FAA Aviation Weather Center. Nearest reporting station: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gardner.
Gardner slumbers in the heart of Hardee County, a place where the land breathes a quiet kind of warmth, a humid exhalation carrying the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 14.2 miles north-north-east of Nocatee, FL (from Nocatee, FL: bearing 21°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of Zolfo Springs. The terrain here is a study in gentle flatness, punctuated by shallow creeks that meander like forgotten thoughts through pastures and groves. Live oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel over fields of cattle, their shadows stretching long and languid in the afternoon sun. The sky overhead is a vast, often luminous dome, particularly at dusk when it bleeds into hues of apricot and rose, casting a soft, almost melancholic glow over the scattered homes and the slow-moving clouds. The history of Gardner is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring agricultural spirit of its people. Once, this was a landscape shaped by the labor of citrus groves and cattle ranches, and that legacy still hums beneath the surface, evident in the weathered barns and the quiet pride of those who tend the land. The local economy, though diversified, still leans on the bounty of the soil, with farming and related industries providing the steady, unhurried rhythm of life. Gardner’s character is less about conspicuous attractions and more about the subtle beauty of its everyday existence – the way the light catches the dew on a spiderweb in the morning, or the shared nod between neighbors on a dusty country road.
Live animated radar for Gardner 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 | Gardner, Hardee County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.35171°N, 81.799804°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32309, 33890 |
| Area Code | 850, 561 |
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gardner, Florida, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, aviation weather (METAR/TAF), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and tide data for coastal localities, and soil temperature and crop weather for agricultural areas. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Gardner includes coordinates 27.351710°N, 81.799804°W, situated in Hardee County. ZIP code 32309, 33890. Telephone area code: 850, 561. 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 provided by the FAA Aviation Weather Center. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.