Lake Hamilton, Florida Weather
Lake Hamilton, 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, soil and crop conditions for Lake Hamilton, Polk County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Hamilton.
About Lake Hamilton, Florida
Lake Hamilton breathes a humid, sun-drenched air, a place where the flat, sandy terrain of central Florida gently slopes towards its shimmering waters. It lies 4.9 miles south of Haines City, FL (from Haines City, FL: bearing 187°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east-north-east of Winter Haven. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the shoreline, their roots gripping the dark, peaty soil that often smells of damp earth and decaying leaves. The sky here is a vast, unbroken canvas, shifting from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the surface of the lake with transient, molten hues. Live oaks, draped in Spanish moss like spectral beards, cast deep, cool shadows, offering respite from the persistent Florida warmth, their branches reaching out as if in a silent, slow-motion greeting. Originally a part of the vast, untamed wilderness of the interior, Lake Hamilton’s story is tied to the ebb and flow of agricultural ambition and the quest for a quiet life. For decades, citrus groves, their white blossoms a fleeting perfume in the spring air, were the lifeblood of this locale, their scent mingling with the sweet, earthy aroma of ripening fruit. Though the landscape has seen shifts, with some groves giving way to residential development, the spirit of its agricultural past lingers, a subtle undertow beneath the surface of everyday life. Today, the lake itself remains a central character, its accessible shores and waterways drawing both permanent residents and those seeking a temporary escape to its placid embrace, a quiet hum of boat engines a familiar soundtrack to its days.
Live animated radar for Lake Hamilton 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.
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| Location | Lake Hamilton, Polk County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.044464°N, 81.627854°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33851, 33881 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Hamilton, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Hamilton, 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 Lake Hamilton includes coordinates 28.044464°N, 81.627854°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 33851, 33881. 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.
