Temperature
76 F at 5 AM; 93 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 76 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 76F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 93F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 76F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 3 PM.
Now. Marco Island Executive Airport is 76° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 1 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 85° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (82%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:25 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 33 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Marco Island Executive Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Naples (FL), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.63 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 168° / 348° | 1 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Marco Island (MKY), Marco Island Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 5 AM; 93 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 76 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 76 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
4 mph from the northeast at 6 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.01 inHg at 6 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 5 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 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
Marco Island: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Marco Island Executive Airport, 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
Marco IslandMKY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/15 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rookery BayRKXF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.8 mi away/16 ft/11 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Everglades City 5 NE92826
At a climate reference station/23.7 mi away/4 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Naples 11.9 SSEFL-CR-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/35 ft/30 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Rookery BayRKXF1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/16 ft/11 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.