Temperature
73 F at 4 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 78° after 90° today.
Now. Leesburg International Airport is 73° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 77° all week. Rain is possible tomorrow (48%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:18 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Leesburg International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lake County (FL), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,957 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 35° / 215° | Calm | Calm |
| 13 / 31 | 6,300 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Leesburg Municipal Airport (LEE), Leesburg International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 4 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 71 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 4 PM Thursday to 97% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
0 mph from the east northeast at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,500 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 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
The 5 instruments nearest Leesburg International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/79 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sellers Lake #1 ScanSLKF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.9 mi away/75 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sellers Lake #1S2012
At a soil climate station/21.9 mi away/75 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Tavares 2.4 WNWFL-LK-54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/77 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LisbonLSBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/85 ft/9 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.