Hortense, Georgia Weather
Hortense, Georgia — 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 Hortense, Brantley County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Hortense. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Hortense is published on the Brantley County Airport (K4J1) page, 15 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 Hortense 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 Hortense: Jesup Wayne County Airport (KJES) 25 km · Waycross Ware County Airport (KAYS) 43 km · Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (KBQK) 47 km · Bacon County Airport (KAMG) 57 km · St Simons Island Airport (KSSI) 58 km
Conditions reported at K4J1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hortense specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hortense.
About Hortense, Georgia
Hortense lies at a crossroads where the flat, sandy soil of southeast Georgia begins to yield to the denser pine and oak forests that march inland from the coast. It lies 30.3 miles west-north-west of Brunswick, GA (from Brunswick, GA: bearing 295°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Nahunta. The air here carries a perpetual hum, a blend of cicadas in the summer heat and the distant drone of trucks on Route 301. Fields, patchwork quilts of green and gold depending on the season, stretch out under a sky that often blazes with an almost liquid blue, broken only by the occasional scudding cloud. A palpable stillness often settles over Hortense, a quietude that allows one to hear the rustle of palmetto fronds and the faint whisper of the wind through the tall pines, a sound that feels as ancient as the land itself. The history of Hortense is deeply entwined with the agricultural rhythms of this coastal plain, particularly the cultivation of timber and, in earlier days, cotton. The local economy, though modest, still draws strength from the land, with sawmills and small farming operations forming its backbone. It’s a place where the past feels close, where old farmhouses, their paint weathered to the color of driftwood, stand as silent witnesses to generations of life. While no grand monuments mark its existence, the persistent spirit of its people, shaped by the challenges and quiet joys of life in this particular corner of Georgia, is its most enduring characteristic.
Live animated radar for Hortense 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 | Hortense, Brantley County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.336609°N, 81.956225°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31543 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hortense, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hortense, Georgia, 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 Hortense includes coordinates 31.336609°N, 81.956225°W, situated in Brantley County. ZIP code 31543. Telephone area code: 229. 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.
