Williston Highlands, Florida Weather
Williston Highlands, 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 Williston Highlands, Levy County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Williston Highlands. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Williston Highlands is published on the Williston Municipal Airport (KX60) page, 7 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 Williston Highlands 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 Williston Highlands: Flying Ten Airport (K0J8) 31 km · Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field (KOCF) 36 km · Gainesville Regional Airport (KGNV) 47 km · Crystal River Airport (KCGC) 53 km · George T Lewis Airport (KCDK) 54 km
Conditions reported at KX60 describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Williston Highlands specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Williston Highlands.
About Williston Highlands, Florida
Williston Highlands unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling pine forests and sandy clearings, where the air hangs thick with the scent of resin and damp earth. It lies 25.1 miles south-south-west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 211°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-south-west of Williston. The terrain, a subtle interplay of low hummocks and shallow depressions, hints at ancient waterways long since vanished, leaving behind a porous, sandy soil that drinks deeply after a sudden summer downpour. The sunlight, filtered through the dense canopy of longleaf pines, casts shifting patterns of gold and shadow onto the forest floor, creating a hushed, almost sacred atmosphere. Here, amidst the rustling needles and the occasional call of a distant hawk, life moves with a quiet deliberation, a sense of enduring presence that predates human memory. The history of Williston Highlands is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring rhythms of agriculture and resourcefulness. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, primarily through cattle ranching and the cultivation of crops suited to the sandy loam. The economy, once driven by the timber industry that shaped many rural Floridian settlements, now finds its steady pulse in the quiet dedication of its farmers and small business owners. While not a hub of bustling activity, Williston Highlands possesses a distinct character, a deep-rooted connection to the land that fosters a strong sense of self-reliance and a close-knit community spirit, where conversations often begin with the weather and the needs of the soil.
Live animated radar for Williston Highlands 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 | Williston Highlands, Levy County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.340525°N, 82.541495°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32696 |
| Area Code | 904 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Williston Highlands, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Williston Highlands, 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 Williston Highlands includes coordinates 29.340525°N, 82.541495°W, situated in Levy County. ZIP code 32696. Telephone area code: 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.
