Orange Lake, Florida Weather
Orange Lake, 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 Orange Lake, Marion County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Orange Lake. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Orange Lake is published on the Williston Municipal Airport (KX60) page, 26 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 Orange Lake 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 Orange Lake: Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field (KOCF) 28 km · Gainesville Regional Airport (KGNV) 30 km · Flying Ten Airport (K0J8) 36 km · Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field (K28J) 57 km
Conditions reported at KX60 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orange Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Orange Lake.
About Orange Lake, Florida
Orange Lake breathes a quiet languor under the vast Florida sky, a wide expanse of water reflecting the hazy blue and the scattered, sun-bleached clouds. It lies 17.0 miles north-north-west of Ocala, FL (from Ocala, FL: bearing 344°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west of Citra. The landscape here is a gentle surrender to the sun, a mosaic of pine scrub, palmetto clusters, and the occasional live oak, its branches draped with Spanish moss like ancient beards. Around the lake's edges, the land dips and rises in soft swells, giving way to marshy fringes where wading birds stalk the shallows with an almost balletic grace. The air itself feels thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a constant, earthy perfume that clings to everything under the relentless, golden light of afternoon. The history of Orange Lake is a story whispered by the wind through the cypress trees and etched into the fertile soil that once sustained vast citrus groves. For generations, the bounty of the land, particularly its oranges, formed the backbone of the local economy, a sweet, fragrant industry that drew families and shaped the character of the settlements that dotted its shores. While the great groves have largely receded, yielding to the more resilient cattle ranches and smaller farms that now define the agricultural rhythm of Orange Lake, the legacy of that citrus era lingers in the name and in the memory of a more prosperous past. Today, the lake itself is a draw, offering a tranquil escape for fishermen and nature enthusiasts who appreciate its unhurried pace and the subtle beauty of its wilder corners.
Live animated radar for Orange Lake 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 | Orange Lake, Marion County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.423583°N, 82.216764°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32686, 32681 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orange Lake, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orange Lake, 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 Orange Lake includes coordinates 29.423583°N, 82.216764°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 32686, 32681. 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.
