High Springs, 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 High Springs, Alachua County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near High Springs. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for High Springs is published on the Flying Ten Airport (K0J8) page, 25 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. 5 airfields within reach of High Springs 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 High Springs: Gainesville Regional Airport (KGNV) 35 km · Lake City Gateway Airport (KLCQ) 40 km · Cross City Airport (KCTY) 54 km · Williston Municipal Airport (KX60) 54 km
Conditions reported at K0J8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at High Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for High Springs.
High Springs hums with a quiet vitality, a place where the Florida landscape unfurls in gentle, sandy slopes and ancient Live Oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss, stand as silent sentinels. It lies 20.3 miles north-west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 307°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Spring Ridge. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons, carries the faint, sweet scent of pine needles warmed by the sun and the humid breath of the nearby Suwannee River basin. The streets, lined with a charming collection of vintage storefronts and well-tended bungalows, are often dappled with the luminous, filtered light that filters through the dense canopy of native trees, creating a sense of perpetual, soft twilight. This terrain, a mosaic of sandy loam and limestone outcrops, whispers of a subterranean world, a network of springs and caves that have shaped the very character of the land, hinting at hidden coolness beneath the summer's persistent warmth. The history of High Springs is as deeply rooted as its oaks, a story interwoven with the ebb and flow of natural resources and the ingenuity of its people. Originally a hub for the timber industry, its economy later found a strong pulse in agriculture, particularly in the cultivation of its fertile soil, and more recently, in the burgeoning tourism drawn by the region's natural beauty and unique springs. The echoes of a bygone era can still be felt in the meticulously preserved architecture that lines its historic downtown, a testament to the enduring spirit of this Alachua County jewel. It’s a place where the pace of life allows for an appreciation of the small wonders, from the flash of a kingfisher over a slow-moving creek to the simple pleasure of a friendly nod from a neighbor passing by.
Live animated radar for High Springs 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 | High Springs, Alachua County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.826906°N, 82.596783°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32643, 32655 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for High Springs, 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 High Springs includes coordinates 29.826906°N, 82.596783°W, situated in Alachua County. ZIP code 32643, 32655. Telephone area code: 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.