Temperature
66 F at 8 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 66F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 87° today.
Now. Perry-Foley Airport is 66° and mostly clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north-northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:22 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in Perry-Foley Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Tallahassee (FL), 42 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,754 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | - | - |
| 18 / 36 | 5,013 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Perry (FPY), Perry-Foley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 8 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM Thursday to 97% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 3 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 8 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 9 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Perry: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Perry-Foley Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
PerryFPY
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/62 ft/18 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St Marks 4ESESAMF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.4 mi away/33 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Perry 2.6 SWFL-TY-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/35 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PerryPERF1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/66 ft/22 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.