South Miami Heights, 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 for South Miami Heights, Miami-Dade County.
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South Miami Heights unfolds under a sky that often hums with the distant promise of afternoon thunderstorms, its terrain a low-lying expanse where the earth exhales a humid breath. It lies 2.4 miles west-north-west of Cutler Ridge, FL (from Cutler Ridge, FL: bearing 299°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-west of Kendall. Here, the landscape is a mosaic of manicured lawns, their emerald hues deepened by the persistent Florida sun, and the wilder, untamed green of subtropical vegetation. Streetlights cast a warm, honeyed glow on asphalt ribbons that wind through neighborhoods where bougainvillea spills over fences in vibrant cascades of fuchsia and magenta. The air, thick with the scent of blooming jasmine and damp earth, carries the faint, rhythmic whir of lawnmowers, a steady pulsebeat of domestic life. The history of South Miami Heights is deeply entwined with the post-war boom and the subsequent expansion of South Florida, a narrative of agricultural roots giving way to suburban development. Once part of the fertile agricultural lands that fed a growing region, the area's character shifted as it was transformed into a residential haven. The local economy, while diversified, retains echoes of its horticultural past, with landscaping businesses and nurseries still playing a visible role. The very soil underfoot, a rich, dark loam in places, remembers the rows of tomatoes and beans that once stretched to the horizon, a quiet testament to the land's enduring fertility, now primarily expressed in the lushness of its gardens and parks.
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| Location | South Miami Heights, Miami-Dade County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 25.597606°N, 80.38061°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33157, 33177 |
| Area Code | 305, 786 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Miami Heights, 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 South Miami Heights includes coordinates 25.597606°N, 80.380610°W, situated in Miami-Dade County. ZIP code 33157, 33177. Telephone area code: 305, 786. 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.