Taft, Florida Weather
Taft, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Taft, Orange County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Taft. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Taft is published on the Orlando International Airport (KMCO) page, 6 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. 6 airfields within reach of Taft 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 Taft: Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) 13 km · Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) 17 km · Orlando Apopka Airport (KX04) 37 km · Orlando Sanford International Airport (KSFB) 40 km · Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field (KGIF) 56 km
Conditions reported at KMCO describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Taft specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Taft, Florida
Taft offers a quiet breath of Central Florida, where the flatlands stretch out under a vast, often brilliant sky. It lies 3.1 miles north of Meadow Woods, FL (from Meadow Woods, FL: bearing 2°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south of Orlando. The terrain here is a low-lying, sandy loam, a gentle undulation that supports a scattering of live oaks draped with Spanish moss, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers. Pine trees, tall and straight, punctuate the landscape, their needles forming a soft, rustling carpet on the ground, and the air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and resin. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in shifting patterns, illuminating patches of palmetto and the occasional splash of color from wild azaleas in the wetter depressions. The history of Taft is etched not in grand monuments but in the slow, steady pulse of its agricultural past. For generations, the rich soil here yielded citrus groves and other crops, a labor deeply tied to the land and the seasons, and the echoes of that time can still be felt in the quiet roads and the enduring spirit of its residents. The local economy, while diversifying, retains a connection to its roots, with small businesses and agricultural ventures still playing a significant role. Taft is a place where the rhythm of life is dictated less by hurried schedules and more by the predictable arc of the sun and the subtle shifts in the humid air, a characteristic that lends it a distinct and enduring charm.
Live animated radar for Taft 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 | Taft, Orange County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.429728°N, 81.36507°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 33527, 32824 |
| Area Code | 407, 321, 904 |
| Page generated | September 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, 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 Taft includes coordinates 28.429728°N, 81.365070°W, situated in Orange 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. 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.
