Temperature
75 F at 3 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 75F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 92F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field, Florida
Small airport in Polk County, Florida75°
91°/73°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light air 3 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (59%).
Now. MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field is 75° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Sunday, near 80°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (67%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:19 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 31 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
99%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9173
77%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8473
67%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8066
15%
23mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8166
16mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8365
10%
14mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8364
11%
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8364
23%
UV 8
75°
91°73°
84°73°
80°66°
81°66°
83°65°
83°64°
83°64°
As of 4:00 AM in MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field, Florida.
Air quality
The air at MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Highlands County (FL), 21 miles off.
14Good
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AGR
- ICAO
- KAGR
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 68 ft
- Serves
- Avon Park
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AGR
- Wind now
- From 60° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 3 mph head, on 05 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from MacGill AFB (AGR), MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 74 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 74F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 53 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 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 2,900 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,900ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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
MacGill AFB: 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 MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
MacGill AFBAGR
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/66 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Avon ParkAVZF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/95 ft/27 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sebring 23 SSE92827
At a climate reference station/34.6 mi away/150 ft/82 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Avon Park 1.0 ESEFL-HL-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/129 ft/61 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Okeechobee - Kissimmee Prairie ResKPPF1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.4 mi away/69 ft/1 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Avon Parkcity, 10 mi
- Indian Lake Estatescommunity, 11 mi
- Sebringcity, 12 mi
- Frostproofcity, 13 mi
- Hillcrest Heightstown, 16 mi
- Babson Parkcommunity, 17 mi
- Lemon Grovecommunity, 19 mi
- Crooked Lake Parkcommunity, 19 mi
- Highland Parkvillage, 20 mi
- Lake Walescity, 23 mi
- Lake Placidtown, 24 mi
- Alturascommunity, 26 mi
Airports near MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field
- Sebring Regional AirportSEF, 13 mi
- Lake Wales Municipal AirportX07, 24 mi
- Bartow Executive AirportBOW, 33 mi
- Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert FieldGIF, 38 mi
- Okeechobee County AirportOBE, 41 mi
- Kissimmee Gateway AirportISM, 44 mi
- Lakeland Linder International AirportLAL, 47 mi
- Valkaria AirportX59, 53 mi