Temperature
81 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 81 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 81F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 81F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Boca Raton Airport, Florida
Medium airport in Palm Beach County, Florida81°
89°/79°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 90°·Light breeze 8 mph E
Now. Boca Raton Airport is 81° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. With the humidity it feels like 90°. The dew point is 79°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Sunday, near 82°. Rain or snow is likely tomorrow (97%), Sunday (85%) and Monday (50%). Rain is possible Tuesday (45%), Wednesday (32%) and Thursday (42%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:18 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 33 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
93%Humidity
69%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
81feels90
17%
Today
Oct 16
8979
34%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8776
97%
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8273
85%
24mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8372
50%
18mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8472
45%
17mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8472
32%
16mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8371
42%
13mph
UV 8
81°
89°79°
87°76°
82°73°
83°72°
84°72°
84°72°
83°71°
As of 1:00 AM in Boca Raton Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Boca Raton Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 23 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good6.2 mi
- Ozone19Good20 ppb6.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good24.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.5 ppb17.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb24.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm17.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Boca Raton Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
Visibility
How far you can see at Boca Raton Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 4 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BCT
- ICAO
- KBCT
- IATA
- BCT
- Field elevation
- 13 ft
- Serves
- Boca Raton
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BCT
- Wind now
- From 70° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,276 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 7 mph head, on 05 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Boca Raton Airport (BCT), Boca Raton Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 78 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 11 AM Thursday to 92% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 78F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 11 PM 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 1,400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,400ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
Boca Raton Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Boca Raton Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/13 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Loxahatchee RAWSLOHF1
A remote fire weather station/10.8 mi away/26 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Boca Raton 1.5 WFL-PB-123
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/13 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Loxahatchee NwrLOXF1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/26 ft/13 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 Boca Raton Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boca Ratoncity, 1 mi
- Highland Beachtown, 4 mi
- Delray Beachcity, 5 mi
- Deerfield Beachcity, 6 mi
- Hillsboro Pinescommunity, 7 mi
- Hillsboro Beachtown, 7 mi
- Lighthouse Pointcity, 7 mi
- Watergatecommunity, 7 mi
- Coconut Creekcity, 8 mi
- Gulf Streamtown, 8 mi
- Golfvillage, 9 mi
- Briny Breezestown, 10 mi
Airports near Boca Raton Airport
- Pompano Beach AirparkPMP, 9 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Executive AirportFXE, 13 mi
- Palm Beach County Park AirportLNA, 15 mi
- President Donald J. Trump International AirportDJT, 21 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportFLL, 21 mi
- North Perry AirportHWO, 27 mi
- North Palm Beach County General Aviation AirportF45, 33 mi
- Miami-Opa Locka Executive AirportOPF, 34 mi