Homestead, Florida Weather
Homestead, 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 Homestead, Hills County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Homestead. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Homestead is published on the Peter O Knight Airport (KTPF) page, 7 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 Homestead 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 Homestead: Tampa International Airport (KTPA) 8 km · MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) 16 km · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (KPIE) 24 km · Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG) 29 km · Clearwater Air Park (KCLW) 30 km
Conditions reported at KTPF describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Homestead specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Homestead.
About Homestead, Florida
Homestead, Florida, unfurls across a flat expanse where the sun’s persistent gaze warms the rich, dark earth. It lies 2.0 miles north-north-east of Tampa, FL (from Tampa, FL: bearing 17°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-south-east of Town 'n' Country. The air, thick with the scent of ripening fruit and the distant, salty kiss of the sea, hangs heavy, especially in the humid afternoons. Stretches of vibrant green, the cultivated fields of agricultural abundance, give way to the wilder, untamed beauty of the Florida wilderness, a landscape that breathes with the slow, steady pulse of the tropics. Here, the sky is a vast canvas, its blues deepening to indigo as the day surrenders to evening, painting the horizon with hues of fiery orange and soft rose. The story of Homestead is deeply entwined with the fertile land it occupies, a place that has long nurtured agriculture, particularly its famed tomatoes and a bounty of other produce that finds its way to tables far and wide. Before the advent of its agricultural boom, this region saw early settlers drawn by the promise of rich soil and the strategic proximity to the burgeoning South Florida coast. The nearby Everglades National Park, a unique expanse of subtropical wilderness, exerts a quiet influence, a reminder of the natural wonders that lie just beyond the cultivated rows. Life in Homestead moves at a pace that allows for the appreciation of small moments, the friendly nod from a neighbor, the sweet fragrance of a blooming hibiscus, the enduring connection to the earth that has shaped its character.
Live animated radar for Homestead 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 | Homestead, Hills County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.9756°N, 82.4489°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33030, 33605, 33035 |
| Area Code | 407, 321, 305, 786 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Homestead, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Homestead, 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 Homestead includes coordinates 27.975600°N, 82.448900°W, situated in Hills County. ZIP code 33030, 33605, 33035. Telephone area code: 407, 321, 305, 786. 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.
