Temperature
68 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field, Florida
Small airport in Putnam County, Florida69°
90°/68°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Calm 0 mph SE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 77° after 90° today.
Now. Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 70° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:15 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
100%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9068
19%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7770
18%
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7261
10%
21mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7562
17%
16mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7760
12%
13mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7860
12mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7861
14%
13mph
UV 7
69°
90°68°
77°70°
72°61°
75°62°
77°60°
78°60°
78°61°
As of 1:00 AM in Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field
Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Putnam County (FL), 5 miles off.
6Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 28J
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 48 ft
- Serves
- Palatka
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 28J
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 3,804 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Palatka (28J), Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 47 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,000 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,000ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Palatka: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Palatka28J
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/31 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERRSGTXF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.4 mi away/11 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sellers Lake #1S2012
At a soil climate station/38.7 mi away/75 ft/27 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Palatka 1.2 WSWFL-PT-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/70 ft/22 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hastings 4NEHTGF1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/43 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hastings 4NE (HTGF1), 14.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Palatkacity, 2 mi
- East Palatkacommunity, 6 mi
- Hastingscommunity, 12 mi
- Welakatown, 12 mi
- Pomona Parktown, 12 mi
- Interlachentown, 13 mi
- Flagler Estatescommunity, 14 mi
- Crescent Citycity, 19 mi
- Lake Kerrcommunity, 22 mi
- Keystone Heightscity, 22 mi
- Green Cove Springscity, 23 mi
- Penney Farmstown, 23 mi
Airports near Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field
- Keystone Heights Airport42J, 25 mi
- Northeast Florida Regional AirportSGJ, 29 mi
- Flagler Executive AirportFIN, 32 mi
- Gainesville Regional AirportGNV, 35 mi
- Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)NIP, 40 mi
- Cecil AirportVQQ, 40 mi
- Ormond Beach Municipal AirportOMN, 43 mi
- Herlong AirportHEG, 43 mi