Lake City, FL Weather Forecast
Columbia County, Florida
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lake City, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Special Weather Statement in effect for this location
A Special Weather Statement is in effect for this location. It runs for about another 3 hours.
It is 47° with a dew point of 47°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is partly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
The wind backs into the northwest around 8 AM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. The first rain arrives between 3 PM and 4 PM, with the best chance of it around 5 PM.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
Wet weather moves in around 3 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.02 in.
Pressure rises 0.03 inHg behind it, which is the drier air arriving. The overnight low settles near 51°. Tomorrow tops out near 76°.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
38–77°F across the weekThe week runs between 38° and 77°, with today the warmest day of it. The second half leans cooling, and Saturday is the coolest day in it. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 67%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Lake City, FL at a glance
Lake City is home to about 12,602 people in Columbia County, across 14 square miles. It ranks 156th by population of 275 places in Florida with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Live Oak, 22 miles away.
- County
- Columbia County
- Population
- 12,602 2023 est.
- Land area
- 14 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 881
- Forecast point
- 30.1886°N, 82.6422°W
How well can the network see Lake City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVAX (Moody AFB, GA), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,800 ft above Lake City. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KLCQ (Lake City/Gateway Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Lake City
- Live Oak, FL22 mi
- Jasper, FL25 mi
- High Springs, FL27 mi
- Alachua, FL31 mi
- Macclenny, FL32 mi
- Starke, FL36 mi
- Newberry, FL38 mi
- Echols County, GA39 mi
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