Temperature
89 F at 12 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 82 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 89F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 82F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida
Medium airport in Miami-Dade County, Florida89°
90°/79°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 101°·Gentle breeze 10 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (88%).
Now. Homestead Air Reserve Base is 89° and light drizzle at 12 PM. With the humidity it feels like 101°. The dew point is 77°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 81° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Sunday, near 83°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (90%) and Sunday (78%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:21 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 34 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
21Air quality
67%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
89feels101
UV 7
Today
Oct 16
9079
27%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8877
90%
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8374
78%
18mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8473
20%
13mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8572
19%
12mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8570
17%
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8469
21%
UV 8
89°
90°79°
88°77°
83°74°
84°73°
85°72°
85°70°
84°69°
As of 12:00 PM in Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Homestead Air Reserve Base
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 23 miles off.
21Good
- Ozone21Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 35SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Homestead Air Reserve Base
None in the last 24 hours; 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Homestead Air Reserve Base, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HST
- ICAO
- KHST
- IATA
- HST
- Field elevation
- 5 ft
- Serves
- Homestead
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HST
- Wind now
- From 90° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:11
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 11,201 ft | 300 ft | Concrete | 49° / 229° | 8 mph head, on 05 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Homestead AFB (HST), Homestead Air Reserve Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 77 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 1 PM Thursday to 84% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 77F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 64 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the east at 12 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 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 1,800 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,800ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 9 AM
- Hours with some
- 20
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Homestead AFB: 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 Homestead Air Reserve Base, 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/7 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Everglades ARS ScanEARF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/9 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Everglades ARSS2051
At a soil climate station/10.4 mi away/9 ft/4 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Homestead 2.9 NEFL-MD-120
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/11 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PerrinePRRF1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/26 ft/21 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 Homestead Air Reserve Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Homestead Basecommunity, 1 mi
- Naranjacommunity, 3 mi
- Princetoncommunity, 3 mi
- Leisure Citycommunity, 3 mi
- Homesteadcity, 5 mi
- Gouldscommunity, 5 mi
- Cutler Baytown, 7 mi
- South Miami Heightscommunity, 7 mi
- Florida Citycity, 7 mi
- West Perrinecommunity, 8 mi
- Richmond Westcommunity, 9 mi
- Palmetto Estatescommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Homestead Air Reserve Base
- Miami Homestead General Aviation AirportX51, 11 mi
- Miami Executive AirportTMB, 11 mi
- Ocean Reef Club Airport07FA, 13 mi
- Miami International AirportMIA, 22 mi
- Miami-Opa Locka Executive AirportOPF, 30 mi
- North Perry AirportHWO, 37 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportFLL, 43 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Executive AirportFXE, 51 mi