Suwannee, Florida Weather
Suwannee, 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 Suwannee, Suwannee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Suwannee. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Suwannee is published on the Suwannee County Airport (K24J) page, 12 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. 3 airfields within reach of Suwannee 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 Suwannee: Lake City Gateway Airport (KLCQ) 43 km · Valdosta Regional Airport (KVLD) 53 km
Conditions reported at K24J describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Suwannee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Suwannee.
About Suwannee, Florida
Suwannee, Florida, exhales a particular kind of quietude, a stillness that settles deep into the pine-scented air. It lies 36.1 miles south-south-east of Valdosta, GA (from Valdosta, GA: bearing 148°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-north-east of Live Oak. The land here is a gentle incline, a subtle undulation of earth that rarely breaks into dramatic form, instead offering broad sweeps of saw palmetto and the stoic grace of longleaf pines. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in shifting mosaics, illuminating patches of sandy loam and the occasional glint of mica. The atmosphere carries the faint, persistent murmur of unseen water, a promise of the sluggish creeks and dark, tea-colored swamps that cradle the edges of the landscape, their stillness broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures or the distant cry of a wading bird. The character of Suwannee is intrinsically tied to its waterways, particularly the slow, deliberate flow of the river that gives the county its name, a vein of commerce and connection stretching back through generations. For years, the economy here was shaped by the lumber mills that once hummed with activity, their timbers destined for distant shores, and the fertile soil lent itself to the cultivation of tobacco and cotton, crops that left their subtle imprint on the agrarian spirit of the place. While those industries have largely faded, a resilient independence remains, a quiet pride in self-sufficiency that is as enduring as the ancient oaks that stand sentinel along the county roads. The air, especially as dusk gathers, takes on a velvety texture, a soft embrace that seems to hold the whispers of history, of lives lived in close communion with the land and its slow, unyielding rhythms.
Live animated radar for Suwannee 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 | Suwannee, Suwannee County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30.38911°N, 82.956521°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32060, 32692 |
| Area Code | 850, 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Suwannee, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Suwannee, 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 Suwannee includes coordinates 30.389110°N, 82.956521°W, situated in Suwannee County. ZIP code 32060, 32692. Telephone area code: 850, 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.
