Temperature
82 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 80 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 82F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 80F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Merritt Island Airport, Florida
Small airport in Brevard County, Florida82°
86°/79°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 90°·Moderate breeze 13 mph E
Now. Merritt Island Airport is 82° and mostly clear at 12 AM. With the humidity it feels like 90°. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Moderate breeze from the east at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 7 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 82°, and the coolest Sunday, near 78°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (80%). Rain is possible Sunday (40%), Monday (37%) and Thursday (37%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 35 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
83%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
82feels90
13mph
Today
Oct 16
8679
90%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8276
80%
30mph
Sun
Oct 18
7872
40%
35mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7972
37%
27mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8072
26%
24mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8072
26%
24mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
8071
37%
24mph
UV 7
82°
86°79°
82°76°
78°72°
79°72°
80°72°
80°72°
80°71°
As of 12:00 AM in Merritt Island Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Merritt Island Airport
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 4 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone29Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Merritt Island Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Merritt Island Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- COI
- ICAO
- KCOI
- IATA
- COI
- Field elevation
- 6 ft
- Serves
- Merritt Island
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- COI
- Wind now
- From 70° at 14 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 3,601 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | 11 mph head, on 11 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Merritt Island (COI), Merritt Island Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 81 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 12 PM Thursday to 94% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 81F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 6 PM Thursday
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 higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 1,700 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
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
Merritt Island: 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 Merritt Island 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Titusville 7 E92821
At a climate reference station/18.5 mi away/3 ft/3 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
CRN Titusville/Kennedy Space CenterCTKF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/10 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Merritt Island 3.1 NNWFL-BV-146
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/8 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MelbourneMLBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.3 mi away/30 ft/24 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 Merritt Island Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Merritt Islandcommunity, 2 mi
- Tropical Parkcommunity, 3 mi
- Rockledgecity, 3 mi
- Cocoacity, 4 mi
- Cocoa Beachcity, 4 mi
- Cocoa Westcommunity, 5 mi
- Viera Eastcommunity, 6 mi
- Cape Canaveralcity, 6 mi
- North Merritt Islandcommunity, 7 mi
- Patrick AFBcommunity, 8 mi
- Viera Westcommunity, 8 mi
- Sharpescommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Merritt Island Airport
- Patrick Space Force BaseCOF, 9 mi
- Cape Canaveral SFS Skid StripXMR, 11 mi
- Space Coast Regional AirportTIX, 14 mi
- Melbourne Orlando International AirportMLB, 17 mi
- Space Florida Launch and Landing FacilityTTS, 19 mi
- Arthur Dunn Air ParkX21, 21 mi
- Valkaria AirportX59, 27 mi
- Sebastian Municipal AirportX26, 38 mi