Gibsonton, Florida Weather
Gibsonton, 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 for Gibsonton, Hills County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
