Steinhatchee, Florida Weather
Steinhatchee, 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 Steinhatchee, Taylor County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Steinhatchee. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Steinhatchee is published on the Cross City Airport (KCTY) page, 28 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. 2 airfields within reach of Steinhatchee 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 Steinhatchee: Perry-Foley Airport (KFPY) 48 km
Conditions reported at KCTY describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Steinhatchee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Steinhatchee.
About Steinhatchee, Florida
Steinhatchee breathes with the slow, salty exhalations of the Gulf. It lies 63.8 miles west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 271°T), and is situated 16.0 miles west of Cross City. The land here, a low-lying expanse where the brackish waters of the Steinhatchee River bleed into the Gulf of Mexico, is a place of subtle, shifting alliances between water and earth. Mangrove roots, gnarled and exposed like ancient knuckles, grip the muddy banks, their fingers reaching into the dappled sunlight that filters through the dense canopy of live oaks and pines. The air, thick with the scent of salt marsh and decaying leaves, hums with the unseen industry of insects and the occasional splash of a mullet leaping from the dark, tea-colored water. Across the river, the shoreline dissolves into a hazy, sun-bleached horizon, a place where the sky seems to meet the sea in an endless, shimmering embrace. The lifeblood of Steinhatchee has always been its connection to the water, a relationship forged in the bountiful harvests of seafood and the enduring traditions of fishing. For generations, this has been a place where livelihoods were pulled from the Gulf’s depths, from plump scallops to powerful redfish, sustaining families and shaping the very character of the settlement. The modest homes and bait shops that line the riverbanks speak of an economy built on honest work and a deep understanding of the tides, a quiet resilience that has weathered the ebb and flow of time. Even now, as the sun dips low, painting the sky in hues of apricot and amethyst, the distant thrum of boat engines serves as a gentle reminder of Steinhatchee's enduring maritime soul.
Live animated radar for Steinhatchee 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 | Steinhatchee, Taylor County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.67106°N, 83.387638°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32359 |
| Area Code | 850 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Steinhatchee, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Steinhatchee, 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 Steinhatchee includes coordinates 29.671060°N, 83.387638°W, situated in Taylor County. ZIP code 32359. 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.
