Santa Fe, Florida Weather
Santa Fe, 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 Santa Fe, Alachua County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Santa Fe. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Santa Fe is published on the Gainesville Regional Airport (KGNV) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe: Flying Ten Airport (K0J8) 30 km · Lake City Gateway Airport (KLCQ) 36 km · Williston Municipal Airport (KX60) 59 km
Conditions reported at KGNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Santa Fe specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Santa Fe.
About Santa Fe, Florida
Santa Fe, Florida, rests within a landscape defined by the gentle, sun-drenched undulations of North Central Florida, a place where broadleaf forests, thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, give way to open fields dotted with the occasional weathered barn. It lies 17.2 miles north-north-west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 338°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north of Alachua. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons, carries a humid warmth that clings to the skin, a constant reminder of the subtropical embrace. Creeks, their waters often the color of weak tea from tannins, meander through the terrain, their banks softened by a riot of ferns and palmettos, creating small, shaded sanctuaries. The light at dusk often possesses a peculiar, soft gold, as if the very sky is a painter’s canvas, bleeding its hues across the horizon and casting long, dancing shadows from the live oaks that stand like ancient sentinels. The history of Santa Fe is less a grand pronouncement and more a quiet accumulation of lives lived and livelihoods pursued. For generations, the rich soil has sustained agriculture, with peanuts and cotton once forming the backbone of the local economy, their harvest a communal endeavor that marked the passing seasons. Today, while agriculture persists, the character of Santa Fe has broadened, drawing some of its vitality from the proximity to Gainesville and the burgeoning industries that ripple outwards from the university town. Yet, a distinct sense of its own identity remains, a quiet self-reliance born from its rural roots. The Santa Fe River, a vital artery of the region, has been a constant presence, shaping the land and providing sustenance, its slow, deliberate current mirroring the unhurried pace of life that still, in many ways, defines this corner of Florida.
Live animated radar for Santa Fe 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 | Santa Fe, Alachua County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.883575°N, 82.43039°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32615, 32618 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Fe, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Fe, 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 Santa Fe includes coordinates 29.883575°N, 82.430390°W, situated in Alachua County. ZIP code 32615, 32618. 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.
