Iona, 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 Iona, Lee County.
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Iona rests in a low-lying embrace of the Florida landscape, where the sun bleeds gold across the flat earth and the air hums with the unseen activity of insects. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-west of Cape Coral, FL (from Cape Coral, FL: bearing 197°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-south-west of Villas. The terrain is a study in subtle gradients, a gentle slope towards the languid waterways that thread through its periphery, reflecting the vast, pale blue of the southern sky. Here, palms lean with a weary elegance, their fronds rustling secrets in the perpetual breeze, and the scent of damp earth mingles with the sweet, cloying perfume of unseen blossoms. The roads, often unpaved or a patchwork of asphalt and shell, wind through groves and past humble homesteads, each one a small kingdom unto itself, bathed in the hazy, humid light that seems to soften all edges. The history of Iona is written in the fertile soil and the slow, steady rhythm of its agricultural past. Once a place where citrus groves stretched towards the horizon, their bounty shipped north on bustling rail lines, the economy has shifted, though the echoes of that orange-scented era remain. Now, the land supports a diverse array of crops, a testament to the persistent ingenuity of those who have called Iona home. The local character is one of quiet resilience, a community that has weathered storms both meteorological and economic, finding strength in shared experience and the enduring beauty of its natural surroundings. The waterways, once conduits for commerce, now offer a more placid existence, a place for quiet contemplation as egrets stalk the shallows and the sun dips below the tree line, painting the western sky in fiery hues.
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| Location | Iona, Lee County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 26.520356°N, 81.963978°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33908 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Iona, 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 Iona includes coordinates 26.520356°N, 81.963978°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 33908. Telephone area code: 561. 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.