Hawthorne, 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 Hawthorne, Lake County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.