Taft, Florida Weather
Taft, 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 Taft, Hills County.
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About Taft, Florida
Taft lies in a low-lying expanse of Florida, a place where the land itself seems to exhale heat and humidity, a palpable presence that clings to everything. It lies 4.3 miles north of Valrico, FL (from Valrico, FL: bearing 9°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-east of Brandon. The terrain here is a testament to the slow, patient work of water and time, a flat, sandy soil dotted with resilient scrub pines and palmettos, their fronds rustling with a dry, papery sound. Sunlight, when it breaks through the hazy sky, falls in broad, unwavering shafts, bleaching the colors from the sparse vegetation and warming the air with a languid, almost drowsy embrace. In the distance, the horizon is a soft, hazy line, blurring the distinction between earth and sky, a place where the vastness of the Gulf Coast begins its slow, imperceptible creep inland. The history of Taft is inextricably tied to the rich, dark earth that once yielded bountiful harvests and the waterways that facilitated their transport. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a simple, agricultural life, established a community that grew with the steady pulse of the seasons. The local economy, though diversified now, still carries echoes of its agrarian past, with hints of citrus groves and fields of vegetables appearing in the landscape. While no grand monuments mark its founding, a quiet resilience pervades Taft, a sense of enduring spirit forged by generations who understood the land's caprices and its enduring generosity, a spirit that still hums beneath the surface of everyday life.
Live animated radar for Taft and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Taft, Hills County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.9989°N, 82.2254°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33527, 32824 |
| Area Code | 407, 321, 904 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Taft, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Taft, 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 Taft includes coordinates 27.998900°N, 82.225400°W, situated in Hills County. ZIP code 33527, 32824. Telephone area code: 407, 321, 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. 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.
