Gardner, 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 Gardner, Hardee County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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 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.