Lake Helen, Florida Weather
Lake Helen, 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 Lake Helen, Volusia County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lake Helen. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lake Helen is published on the Orlando Sanford International Airport (KSFB) page, 23 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. 5 airfields within reach of Lake Helen 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 Lake Helen: Umatilla Municipal Airport (KX23) 41 km · Orlando Apopka Airport (KX04) 46 km · Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) 49 km · Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) 59 km
Conditions reported at KSFB describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake Helen specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Helen.
About Lake Helen, Florida
Lake Helen rests in a gentle hollow, a place where the humid air often carries the faint, sweet scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 5.3 miles south-east of DeLand, FL (from DeLand, FL: bearing 128°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north-north-east of Deltona. The landscape here is a soft topography of rolling hills, a rare and welcome relief from the flatter expanses of central Florida, generously dotted with mature oak trees whose limbs spread like ancient, gnarled fingers. Water is the dominant character, with Lake Helen itself, a broad, placid sheet of liquid sky, reflecting the ever-shifting palette of the afternoon sun. The surrounding terrain is a mosaic of manicured lawns, verdant gardens bursting with hibiscus and bougainvillea, and the darker, more mysterious depths of cypress swamps that whisper secrets with every rustle of their fronds. The light, especially as evening approaches, possesses a peculiar, molten quality, transforming the ordinary into something momentarily sublime, bathing the quiet streets in a warm, honeyed glow. The history of Lake Helen is intrinsically tied to the railroad and the burgeoning tourism that followed its arrival, a period when the town was envisioned as a refined retreat for those seeking respite from harsher northern climes. Early settlers, drawn by the allure of the lake and the fertile soil, established a community that valued both its natural beauty and its burgeoning citrus groves, the sweet, sharp perfume of which still occasionally drifts on the breeze. While the grand hotels of yesteryear have largely faded into memory, the legacy of those early aspirations can still be felt in the enduring elegance of some of its older homes and the quiet dignity of its public spaces. Today, Lake Helen maintains a character that is both deliberately preserved and comfortably contemporary, a place where life unfolds at a pace that allows for contemplation, where the echoes of its past are not a burden but a gentle, guiding presence.
Live animated radar for Lake Helen 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 | Lake Helen, Volusia County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.98082°N, 81.233394°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32744 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Helen, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Helen, 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 Lake Helen includes coordinates 28.980820°N, 81.233394°W, situated in Volusia County. ZIP code 32744. 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.
