Gibsonton, Florida Weather
Gibsonton, 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 Gibsonton, Hills County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gibsonton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gibsonton is published on the Peter O Knight Airport (KTPF) page, 10 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 Gibsonton 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 Gibsonton: MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) 14 km · Tampa International Airport (KTPA) 20 km · Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG) 26 km · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (KPIE) 31 km · South Lakeland Airport (KX49) 34 km
Conditions reported at KTPF describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gibsonton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Gibsonton, Florida
Gibsonton, a quiet hamlet on Florida’s west coast, exhales a humid, salt-tinged breath that clings to the broad, shallow waterways snaking inland from Tampa Bay. It lies 3.5 miles west-south-west of Riverview, FL (from Riverview, FL: bearing 256°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-east of Tampa. The landscape here is a low-slung affair, a gentle sweep of palmetto scrub and live oaks draped in Spanish moss, punctuated by weathered fishing boats and the occasional gleam of a mobile home’s aluminum siding. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a thick, syrupy sweetness, a blend of blooming jasmine and the faint, earthy scent of the brackish water. Sun-bleached clapboard houses, some sporting peeling paint and others meticulously maintained, huddle along roads that seem to have been laid down by a meandering tide, their asphalt softened by the persistent Florida sun. This stretch of land, once sparsely populated by Seminole tribes and later by hardy fishermen and citrus growers, found a peculiar niche in the 20th century. Gibsonton became, and to a degree still is, a wintering ground and retirement community for performers and workers of the traveling carnival and circus world. The town’s economy, while now diversified with a scattering of bait shops and roadside stands selling boiled peanuts, carries the faint, lingering echo of show tents and the roar of the crowd. It’s a place where a retired strongman might be seen mowing his lawn or a former circus clown might run the local hardware store, their past lives a silent, often unspoken, part of the town's unique character. The Alafia River, a dark ribbon of water, offers a cool respite, its banks a haven for wading birds and the occasional sunbather seeking solace from the relentless heat that defines Gibsonton's days.
Live animated radar for Gibsonton 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 | Gibsonton, Hills County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.853636°N, 82.382593°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33534 |
| Area Code | 407, 321 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gibsonton, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gibsonton, 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 Gibsonton includes coordinates 27.853636°N, 82.382593°W, situated in Hills County. ZIP code 33534. Telephone area code: 407, 321. 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.
