Ponce de Leon, Florida Weather
Ponce de Leon, 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 Ponce de Leon, Holmes County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ponce de Leon. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ponce de Leon is published on the Defuniak Springs Airport (K54J) page, 20 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ponce de Leon 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 Ponce de Leon: Tri-County Airport (KBCR) 35 km · Geneva Municipal Airport (K33J) 37 km · Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (KECP) 43 km · Logan Field (K1A4) 44 km · Florala Municipal Airport (K0J4) 50 km
Conditions reported at K54J describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ponce de Leon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ponce de Leon.
About Ponce de Leon, Florida
Ponce de Leon, Florida, unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a subtle rise and fall that belies the deep, sandy soil beneath. It lies 37.7 miles east of Crestview, FL (from Crestview, FL: bearing 94°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east of Argyle. Magnolia trees, their waxy leaves catching the humid air, stand sentinel beside weathered farmhouses, their porches perpetually shaded from the bright Panhandle sun. The air itself carries a faint, sweet scent of pine and damp earth, a perfume that deepens with the coming of twilight when the sky bleeds into hues of bruised plum and soft rose. Distant stands of cypress, their knees poking like ancient knuckles from the dark, slow-moving waters of nearby creeks, hint at the wilder, untamed places that still hold sway in this part of Florida. This quiet corner of Northwest Florida, named for the famed Spanish explorer, carries echoes of its past in its very topography. While the grand ambitions of finding a Fountain of Youth may have eluded history's grasp here, the enduring spirit of the land is evident in the hardy agriculture that has long defined the local economy. Generations have coaxed crops from this fertile ground, and the rhythm of planting and harvest still dictates the pace of life in Ponce de Leon. You’ll find a subtle resilience in the community, a quiet pride in the traditions that have been passed down, a sense of belonging rooted not in grand monuments, but in the shared experience of living beneath these wide, often cloud-dappled skies.
Live animated radar for Ponce de Leon 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 | Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.722967°N, 85.937436°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32455 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ponce de Leon, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ponce de Leon, 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 Ponce de Leon includes coordinates 30.722967°N, 85.937436°W, situated in Holmes County. ZIP code 32455. Telephone area code: 850. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
