Sarasota, FL Weather Forecast
Sarasota County, Florida
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Sarasota, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
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.
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Sarasota, FL at a glance
Sarasota is home to about 57,602 people in Sarasota County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 54th by population of 275 places in Florida with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Longboat Key, 8 miles away.
- County
- Sarasota County
- Population
- 57,602 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,918
- Forecast point
- 27.3383°N, 82.5437°W
How well can the network see Sarasota?
The nearest Doppler radar is KTBW (Tampa, FL), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Sarasota. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Sarasota show up clearly. Sarasota is closer to its radar than 75% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSRQ (Sarasota-Bradenton Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Sarasota
- Longboat Key, FL8 mi
- Bradenton, FL11 mi
- Palmetto, FL13 mi
- Holmes Beach, FL16 mi
- Venice, FL17 mi
- North Port, FL29 mi
- St. Pete Beach, FL29 mi
- St. Petersburg, FL30 mi
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