Kennedy Space Center, Florida Weather
Kennedy Space Center, 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 Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Kennedy Space Center. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Kennedy Space Center is published on the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility (KTTS) page, 6 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 Kennedy Space Center 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 Kennedy Space Center: Cape Canaveral SFS Skid Strip (KXMR) 14 km · Space Coast Regional Airport (KTIX) 16 km · Arthur Dunn Air Park (KX21) 19 km · Merritt Island Airport (KCOI) 26 km · Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF) 38 km
Conditions reported at KTTS describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kennedy Space Center specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kennedy Space Center.
About Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Kennedy Space Center lies on Florida's Atlantic coast, a vast expanse where the humid air, thick with the scent of salt and marsh grass, presses down like a warm, damp cloth. It lies 2.7 miles north-north-east of Merritt Island, FL (from Merritt Island, FL: bearing 31°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east-south-east of Titusville. The landscape here is a study in gentle gradients: wide, shallow estuaries, their dark waters reflecting the bruised purples and oranges of the predawn sky, give way to pine flatwoods where the needles rustle with a dry whisper. Vast expanses of saw palmetto, their fan-shaped leaves a vibrant green against the ochre earth, carpet the land, punctuated by the occasional, stately cabbage palm. The sunlight, when it breaks through the haze, has a luminous quality, catching the iridescent wings of dragonflies that hover over the water's edge and illuminating the distant, hazy horizon. The very ground of Kennedy Space Center hums with a history far grander than its humble beginnings as a stretch of undeveloped coastline. Born from the ambition of the Space Race, it transformed this quiet corner of Florida into the launchpad for humanity's reach for the stars. The economic engine of this place has always been innovation, drawing brilliant minds and vast resources to fuel expeditions that have reshaped our understanding of the cosmos. Here, the echoes of rocket launches, a thunderous testament to human ingenuity, still seem to vibrate in the very air, a stark contrast to the placid, almost watchful quiet of the surrounding wildlife refuges, where sea turtles nest and wading birds patrol the shallow waters, indifferent to the cosmic drama that unfolds above them.
Live animated radar for Kennedy Space Center 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 | Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.5733°N, 80.6489°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32899 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kennedy Space Center, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kennedy Space Center, 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 Kennedy Space Center includes coordinates 28.573300°N, 80.648900°W, situated in Brevard County. ZIP code 32899. 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.
