Temperature
76 F at 1 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 76F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field, Florida
Small airport in Polk County, Florida76°
91°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 82° after 91° today.
Now. Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field is 76° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 4 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. Highs stay close to 81° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (53%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 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
94%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9174
66%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8274
53%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7965
10%
21mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8165
15mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8264
13mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8263
13mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8264
13%
12mph
UV 8
76°
91°74°
82°74°
79°65°
81°65°
82°64°
82°63°
82°64°
As of 2:00 AM in Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 8 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 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GIF
- ICAO
- KGIF
- IATA
- GIF
- Field elevation
- 145 ft
- Serves
- Winter Haven
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GIF
- Wind now
- From 80° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,005 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 4 mph head, on 05 | 3 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 unlit | 4,001 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | 5 mph head, on 11 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Winter Haven (ASOS) (GIF), Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 74 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- 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 1,900 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,900ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 14
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
Winter Haven (ASOS): 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 Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/144 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake WalesLWEF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.6 mi away/144 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Auburndale 2.4 NNEFL-PK-76
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/156 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BartowBARF1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/144 ft/1 ft below 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 Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Inwoodcommunity, 2 mi
- Lake Alfredcity, 2 mi
- Auburndalecity, 3 mi
- Winter Havencity, 3 mi
- Jan Phyl Villagecommunity, 4 mi
- Cypress Gardenscommunity, 6 mi
- Eagle Lakecity, 6 mi
- Fussels Cornercommunity, 6 mi
- Wahnetacommunity, 8 mi
- Lake Hamiltontown, 8 mi
- Haines Citycity, 9 mi
- Dundeetown, 9 mi
Airports near Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field
- Bartow Executive AirportBOW, 8 mi
- Lake Wales Municipal AirportX07, 14 mi
- Lakeland Linder International AirportLAL, 17 mi
- Kissimmee Gateway AirportISM, 25 mi
- Plant City Municipal AirportPCM, 25 mi
- Zephyrhills Municipal AirportZPH, 27 mi
- Tampa Executive AirportVDF, 36 mi
- Orlando International AirportMCO, 37 mi