Satsuma, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Satsuma, Putnam County.
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Satsuma rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, patient artistry of water and time. It lies 27.0 miles west of Palm Coast, FL (from Palm Coast, FL: bearing 266°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south of Palatka. Here, the St. Johns River, a broad, dark ribbon, dominates the horizon, its surface often mirroring the bruised purple and soft peach hues of the Florida sky as evening descends. The terrain itself is a gentle unfolding, low-lying and fertile, with pockets of dense woodland giving way to open stretches where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, emerge from the shallows, silent sentinels of the river's ceaseless ebb and flow. The very character of Satsuma seems to be a quiet deference to this watery world, a place where the day unfolds to the rhythm of the current and the calls of wading birds. The history of Satsuma is intrinsically tied to the St. Johns, a vital artery for commerce and settlement in times past. Before the advent of paved roads and widespread automobiles, the river was the highway, and Satsuma, with its accessible banks, played its part in the flow of goods and people. While large-scale industry has largely receded, the echoes of its agricultural past remain, with citrus groves and other fruit-bearing trees still dotting the landscape, their sweet fragrance a subtle reminder of harvests past. The local economy now leans more towards the quiet pursuits of fishing and the steady hum of those who simply choose to live a life attuned to the river's embrace, a life less hurried, more observant, where the most significant events might be the changing of the tide or the flight of a heron against the setting sun.
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| Location | Satsuma, Putnam County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.55497°N, 81.655914°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32189 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Satsuma, Florida, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Satsuma includes coordinates 29.554970°N, 81.655914°W, situated in Putnam County. ZIP code 32189. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.