Temperature
84 F at 10 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 82 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 84F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 82F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is 83° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. With the humidity it feels like 91°. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 80° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Sunday, near 82°. Rain or snow is likely Saturday (96%), Sunday (79%) and Monday (51%). Rain is possible Tuesday (44%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 35 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 20 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L / 28R | 9,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 13 mph head, on 10L | 2 mph from the left |
| 10R / 28L | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 13 mph head, on 10R | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood (FLL), Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
84 F at 10 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 82 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 76 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 10 AM to 82% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
13 mph from the east at 11 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 11 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,900 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 11 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The 4 instruments nearest Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Fort Lauderdale - HollywoodFLL
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/3 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tamiami Canal Near Coral GablesTCCF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.1 mi away/30 ft/21 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Lauderdale 3.1 SFL-BW-92
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/6 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HollywoodHLWF1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/30 ft/21 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.