St Simons Island, Georgia Weather
St Simons Island, 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 St Simons Island, Glynn County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near St Simons Island. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for St Simons Island is published on the St Simons Island Airport (KSSI) page, 1 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. 4 airfields within reach of St Simons Island 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 St Simons Island: Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (KBQK) 13 km · St Marys Airport (K4J6) 48 km · Brantley County Airport (K4J1) 50 km
Conditions reported at KSSI describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St Simons Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for St Simons Island.
About St Simons Island, Georgia
St Simons Island rises from the Georgia coast like a verdant dream, its landscape a languid ballet of sun-drenched marsh grasses that bleed into the shimmering embrace of the Atlantic. It lies 6.1 miles east of Brunswick, GA (from Brunswick, GA: bearing 84°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south-east of Country Club Estates. Live oaks, ancient sentinels draped in Spanish moss, cast dappled shadows across winding lanes, their gnarled branches whispering tales of bygone eras. The air itself, thick with the briny tang of the sea and the sweet perfume of magnolias, hangs heavy and still, a constant reminder of the island's subtropical embrace. Here, the rhythm of life is dictated not by clocks, but by the slow, inexorable ebb and flow of the tides, the distant cry of gulls, and the rustle of palmetto fronds in the gentle sea breeze. This island, St Simons Island, carries the weight of centuries in its very soil, a history woven from the threads of colonial ambition, Civil War skirmishes, and the enduring legacy of its plantation past. Once a hub for cotton and timber, its economy now thrives on the gentle hum of tourism, drawing visitors to its pristine beaches and charming village squares. The iconic lighthouse, a stoic beacon against the vast expanse of the sky, stands as a silent guardian, its beam a familiar comfort to those who navigate these waters. Beneath the veneer of tranquil beauty, the island retains a palpable connection to its heritage, evident in the preserved architecture and the stories that linger in the salt-laced air, a subtle echo of lives lived and fortunes made and lost along this captivating stretch of coastline.
Live animated radar for St Simons Island 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 | St Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31.159591°N, 81.388552°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31522 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St Simons Island, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Simons Island, 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 St Simons Island includes coordinates 31.159591°N, 81.388552°W, situated in Glynn County. ZIP code 31522. 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.
