Solana, Florida Weather
Solana, 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 Solana, Charlotte County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Solana. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Solana is published on the Punta Gorda Airport (KPGD) page, 5 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 Solana 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 Solana: Page Field (KFMY) 43 km · Venice Municipal Airport (KVNC) 43 km · Southwest Florida International Airport (KRSW) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPGD describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Solana specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Solana.
About Solana, Florida
Solana unfolds across the gentle, sun-warmed flatness of Charlotte County, a place where the sky seems to stretch a little wider than elsewhere. It lies 4.5 miles east-south-east of Port Charlotte, FL (from Port Charlotte, FL: bearing 117°T), and is situated 1.7 miles north-east of Punta Gorda. Low-lying scrub and pine forests, interspersed with the occasional glint of water, define its immediate character, hinting at the nearby Gulf Coast without the immediate clamor of the larger beach towns. The air here carries a soft, humid warmth, especially in the lingering afternoons, and the rustle of palm fronds offers a constant, soothing soundtrack. A quiet sense of spaciousness pervades Solana, a feeling that life moves at a pace dictated by the sun’s arc and the ebb and flow of the tide, even if the immediate landscape is more inland prairie than coastal dune. The economic pulse of Solana, for a long time, has been tied to the land, with citrus groves and cattle ranches once dominating the horizon, their legacy still visible in the scattered remnants of old farmsteads and the broad, open pastures. While agriculture still plays a role, the proximity to the growing coastal communities has brought a diversification, with small businesses catering to a steady, if not overwhelming, stream of visitors and new residents drawn by the promise of a more tranquil Florida life. Solana’s history is one of quiet settlement, of families carving out lives from the fertile, sandy soil, and while grand historical monuments are absent, the character of the place is etched in the enduring independence of its people and the unpretentious charm of its modest, single-story buildings that seem to absorb the golden Florida light.
Live animated radar for Solana 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 | Solana, Charlotte County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 26.947005°N, 82.025921°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33950 |
| Area Code | 561 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Solana, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Solana, 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 Solana includes coordinates 26.947005°N, 82.025921°W, situated in Charlotte County. ZIP code 33950. Telephone area code: 561. 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.
