Longwood, Florida Weather
Longwood, 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 Longwood, Okaloosa County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Longwood.
About Longwood, Florida
Longwood unfolds with a quiet grace, a place where the air itself seems to hum with the low thrum of cicadas and the distant murmur of traffic on older roads. It lies 3.0 miles east of Wright, FL (from Wright, FL: bearing 83°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-north-east of Fort Walton Beach. The landscape here is a gentle tapestry of pine stands, their needles whispering secrets to the breeze, interspersed with the darker, more stoic silhouettes of live oaks draped in Spanish moss, like ancient sentinels guarding forgotten stories. Low-lying areas cradle slow-moving creeks, their dark waters reflecting the hazy, humid sky, and the soil, a rich, sandy loam, gives way to patches of palmetto scrub, its broad leaves a vibrant green against the muted tones of the surrounding woods. The light, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, soft shadows that stretch and bleed across the terrain, imbuing the scene with a painterly, almost melancholic beauty. The economic pulse of Longwood beats with a rhythm tied to its past and present, a blend of agricultural roots and burgeoning suburban growth. For generations, the fertile ground supported farming, with cotton and tobacco once being mainstays, though the land now yields more to residential developments and the commerce that follows. The local economy thrives on a steady hum of services and retail, catering to families seeking a less frenetic pace than the larger metropolitan areas. History whispers from the older structures, remnants of a time when life moved with the sun and seasons, and you can still find echoes of that slower time in the way neighbors greet one another, a genuine warmth that belies the ever-present hum of modern life.
Live animated radar for Longwood 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 | Longwood, Okaloosa County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.460754°N, 86.588564°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32579, 32750 |
| Area Code | 850, 904 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Longwood, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longwood, 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 Longwood includes coordinates 30.460754°N, 86.588564°W, situated in Okaloosa County. ZIP code 32579, 32750. Telephone area code: 850, 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. 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.
