Rainbow Park, Florida Weather
Rainbow Park, 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 Rainbow Park, Marion County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rainbow Park. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rainbow Park is published on the Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field (KOCF) page, 15 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 Rainbow Park 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 Rainbow Park: Williston Municipal Airport (KX60) 23 km · Crystal River Airport (KCGC) 38 km · Inverness Airport (KINF) 41 km · Flying Ten Airport (K0J8) 52 km · Gainesville Regional Airport (KGNV) 59 km
Conditions reported at KOCF describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rainbow Park specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rainbow Park.
About Rainbow Park, Florida
Rainbow Park breathes a quiet stillness under the wide Florida sky. It lies 14.2 miles west of Ocala, FL (from Ocala, FL: bearing 264°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-west of On Top of the World Designated Place. Here, the land unfolds in a gentle, low-lying expanse, punctuated by the dark, reflective mirrors of cypress domes and the slow, dark arteries of slow-moving streams that feed into the Withlacoochee River. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a humid sweetness, thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a perfume that clings to the skin and lingers in the memory. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy of live oaks draped with Spanish moss, paints shifting mosaics on the sandy ground, illuminating the emerald green of palmetto fronds and the occasional flash of iridescent blue from a passing dragonfly. The history of Rainbow Park is deeply entwined with the fertile soil and the flow of water. Originally settled by those drawn to the rich agricultural potential, the area's economy has long been tied to the cultivation of citrus groves and cattle ranching, rhythms dictated by the seasons and the dependable, if sometimes unpredictable, Florida weather. Evidence of this past can be seen in the weathered barns and fences that dot the landscape, silent sentinels to generations of hard work. While modern development has brought new ventures, a distinct sense of continuity persists, a feeling that the land itself remembers the stories of those who have worked it, and the gentle pace of life here still echoes the quiet persistence of nature.
Live animated radar for Rainbow Park 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 | Rainbow Park, Marion County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.166919°N, 82.374266°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 34481 |
| Area Code | 941 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rainbow Park, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rainbow Park, 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 Rainbow Park includes coordinates 29.166919°N, 82.374266°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 34481. Telephone area code: 941. 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.
