Sanderson, Florida Weather
Sanderson, 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 Sanderson, Baker County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sanderson. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sanderson is published on the Lake City Gateway Airport (KLCQ) page, 30 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 Sanderson 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 Sanderson: Cecil Airport (KVQQ) 38 km · Whitehouse Naval Outlying Field (KNEN) 40 km · Herlong Airport (KHEG) 45 km · Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) (KNIP) 57 km · Hilliard Airpark (K01J) 60 km
Conditions reported at KLCQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sanderson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sanderson.
About Sanderson, Florida
Sanderson, Baker County, Florida, lies under a broad, often luminous sky, where the land unfolds in a tapestry of pine forests and palmetto scrub. It lies 26.8 miles west-north-west of Oakleaf Plantation, FL (from Oakleaf Plantation, FL: bearing 282°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-south-west of Macclenny. The air here carries the faint, resinous scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, a perfume that mingles with the damp earth after a sudden, summer downpour. Ditches, etched by countless rains, trace the edges of the highway, their banks thick with sedge and the occasional flash of a cardinal's red. The terrain, gently rolling in places, speaks of ancient drainage patterns, the slow work of water shaping the sandy soil over millennia. Even in the heat of the afternoon, a stillness can settle, broken only by the drone of insects or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. The history of Sanderson is tied to the railroads that once promised a more robust future, their ghost lines still faintly visible in the landscape. For a time, turpentine stills and logging camps were the lifeblood of this corner of Baker County, the scent of pine smoke a constant companion. Today, the economy leans more towards agriculture, cattle ranching, and the quiet industry of timber. This is a place where the past is not entirely buried, but rather lies just beneath the surface, a layer of memory informing the present. The roads, often little more than sandy tracks winding through the trees, lead to homesteads where generations have made their lives, a continuity that lends a certain resilience to the character of Sanderson.
Live animated radar for Sanderson 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 | Sanderson, Baker County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.252179°N, 82.272894°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32087 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sanderson, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sanderson, 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 Sanderson includes coordinates 30.252179°N, 82.272894°W, situated in Baker County. ZIP code 32087. Telephone area code: 850. 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.
