Temperature
75 F at 3 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 75F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bartow Executive Airport, Florida
Small airport in Polk County, Florida75°
91°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light air 2 mph ENE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 82° after 91° today.
Now. Bartow Executive Airport is 75° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 3 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. Highs stay close to 81° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (60%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:20 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
100%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9174
69%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8273
60%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7964
10%
23mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8164
15mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8263
14mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8263
13mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8263
14%
13mph
UV 8
75°
91°74°
82°73°
79°64°
81°64°
82°63°
82°63°
82°63°
As of 4:00 AM in Bartow Executive Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Bartow Executive Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 5 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
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 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bartow Executive Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Bartow Executive Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BOW
- ICAO
- KBOW
- IATA
- BOW
- Field elevation
- 125 ft
- Serves
- Bartow
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BOW
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | Calm | Calm |
| 09L / 27R | 5,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | Calm | Calm |
| 09R / 27L unlit | 4,416 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bartow (BOW), Bartow Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 75 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 75F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 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 2 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 2 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 1,800 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,800ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
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
Bartow: 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 Bartow Executive Airport, 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 now2 instruments
BartowBOW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/125 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake WalesLWEF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.2 mi away/144 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Winter Haven 6.1 SWFL-PK-71
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/137 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BartowBARF1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/144 ft/19 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 Bartow Executive Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eagle Lakecity, 3 mi
- Wahnetacommunity, 3 mi
- Jan Phyl Villagecommunity, 5 mi
- Bartowcity, 5 mi
- Highland Citycommunity, 6 mi
- Inwoodcommunity, 7 mi
- Winter Havencity, 7 mi
- Cypress Gardenscommunity, 7 mi
- Alturascommunity, 8 mi
- Homelandcommunity, 9 mi
- Fussels Cornercommunity, 9 mi
- Auburndalecity, 10 mi
Airports near Bartow Executive Airport
- Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert FieldGIF, 8 mi
- Lake Wales Municipal AirportX07, 11 mi
- Lakeland Linder International AirportLAL, 15 mi
- Plant City Municipal AirportPCM, 24 mi
- Zephyrhills Municipal AirportZPH, 30 mi
- Kissimmee Gateway AirportISM, 32 mi
- MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary FieldAGR, 33 mi
- Tampa Executive AirportVDF, 35 mi