Key West, Florida Weather
Key West, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Key West, Monroe County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Key West. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Key West is published on the Key West International Airport (KEYW) page, 2 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. 3 airfields within reach of Key West 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 Key West: Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field (KNQX) 10 km · Big Pine Sands STOLGround (KBPD) 44 km
Conditions reported at KEYW describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Key West specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Key West, Florida
Key West, a sliver of land at the very end of the road, hums with a singular, sun-drenched energy. It lies 103.2 miles south-west of Homestead, FL (from Homestead, FL: bearing 233°T), and is situated 2.9 miles west-south-west of Stock Island. The air here, thick with the scent of salt and frangipani, carries the murmur of the Gulf on one side and the Atlantic on the other. Low-slung wooden buildings, painted in a riot of sun-bleached colors, line narrow streets where bicycles and the occasional sputtering scooter are the preferred modes of transit. Palm trees, their fronds whispering secrets to the perpetual breeze, punctuate the landscape, casting dappled shadows on coral-stone sidewalks worn smooth by generations of footsteps. The light, especially as dusk begins to bleed across the horizon, transforms the scene into a watercolor wash of rose and gold, softening the edges of weathered facades and deepening the emerald hue of the surrounding waters. This island outpost, a place of profound history and resilient spirit, has long been a magnet for those seeking a different kind of life. Its strategic position once made it a vital hub for wreckers and salvagers, a livelihood etched into the very character of Key West, where tales of fortunes found and lost are as common as the seabirds overhead. Later, it became a haven for artists, writers, and free thinkers, drawn by its bohemian charm and the intoxicating sense of isolation. Today, the economy still leans heavily on the ebb and flow of tourism, with lively bars and restaurants spilling onto the streets, but the echoes of its maritime past and its artistic legacy remain palpable, a constant undercurrent to the island’s vibrant, yet unhurried, present.
Live animated radar for Key West 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 | Key West, Monroe County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 24.555702°N, 81.782591°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33040, 33041, 33045 |
| Area Code | 305, 786 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Key West, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Key West, 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 Key West includes coordinates 24.555702°N, 81.782591°W, situated in Monroe County. ZIP code 33040, 33041, 33045. Telephone area code: 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.
