Hawthorne, Florida Weather
Hawthorne, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Hawthorne, Lake County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Hawthorne. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Hawthorne is published on the Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) page, 9 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 Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne: Umatilla Municipal Airport (KX23) 28 km · Orlando Apopka Airport (KX04) 29 km · Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) 58 km
Conditions reported at KLEE describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hawthorne specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hawthorne.
About Hawthorne, Florida
Hawthorne rests in a landscape that breathes with the quiet hum of Central Florida's pine-and-oak country. It lies 3.4 miles south of Leesburg, FL (from Leesburg, FL: bearing 173°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west-south-west of Tavares. The terrain, a gentle rise and fall, is softened by the shade of mature trees, their needles whispering secrets on the breeze that carries the scent of damp earth and sun-baked sap. Here, the sky stretches wide, a vast blue canvas often brushed with clouds that drift like slow thoughts, casting fleeting shadows over fields where the air itself seems to hold a golden, hazy quality, especially as the day begins its slow descent. The very character of Hawthorne is etched in the stoic endurance of its trees and the unhurried pace of its days, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a profound, unpretentious peace. The story of Hawthorne is one of enduring roots, deeply planted in the rich soil of its agricultural past. Once a hub for citrus groves that painted the landscape in vibrant hues of orange and green, the economy has since diversified, though the echoes of those fruitful years remain. The land, still the heart of Hawthorne, now supports a mosaic of farming, from cattle ranches to smaller-scale produce, each contributing to the town's quiet prosperity. The absence of grand monuments is itself a statement; Hawthorne’s charm lies not in ostentatious displays but in the understated dignity of its everyday existence, in the familiar faces at the local diner and the steady rhythm of life that flows as predictably as the shallow creeks that meander through the surrounding countryside.
Live animated radar for Hawthorne 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 | Hawthorne, Lake County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.76138°N, 81.870913°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 34748, 32640 |
| Area Code | 727, 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hawthorne, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawthorne, 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 Hawthorne includes coordinates 28.761380°N, 81.870913°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 34748, 32640. Telephone area code: 727, 904. 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.
