Whitfield, Florida Weather
Whitfield, 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 Whitfield, Manatee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Whitfield. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Whitfield is published on the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (KSRQ) page, 2 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 Whitfield 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 Whitfield: Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG) 40 km · Venice Municipal Airport (KVNC) 40 km · MacDill Air Force Base (KMCF) 49 km · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (KPIE) 57 km · Peter O Knight Airport (KTPF) 57 km
Conditions reported at KSRQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Whitfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Whitfield, Florida
Whitfield rests where the land begins to soften, a place where the heat of Florida’s sun mellows into a humid embrace. It lies 3.7 miles south-south-east of South Bradenton, FL (from South Bradenton, FL: bearing 165°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south of Bradenton. Here, the terrain is a study in subtle contours, a gently rolling expanse punctuated by the occasional dense thicket of palmettos and the stoic presence of live oaks draped in Spanish moss. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant salt, hums with the unseen life of the subtropical landscape. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, often falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stillness, a quiet testament to the slow, deliberate pulse of this corner of Manatee County. The story of Whitfield is written in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, a legacy of citrus groves and cattle ranches that once defined its identity. Though the landscape has shifted, the echo of that agrarian past lingers, a subtle undertone beneath the newer developments. The local economy today is a mosaic, blending the enduring agricultural spirit with the expanding reach of service industries and the quiet hum of small businesses. It is a place where the legacy of hard work is a tangible thing, felt in the weathered hands of those who tend the land and in the steady progress of a community that values its connection to the earth and its enduring spirit.
Live animated radar for Whitfield 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 | Whitfield, Manatee County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27.411709°N, 82.565931°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32570, 34243 |
| Area Code | 850, 941 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whitfield, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitfield, 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 Whitfield includes coordinates 27.411709°N, 82.565931°W, situated in Manatee County. ZIP code 32570, 34243. Telephone area code: 850, 941. 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.
