Temperature
84 F at 10 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 83 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 84F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 83F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field, Florida
Medium airport in Monroe County, Florida84°
89°/80°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 94°·Gentle breeze 12 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 9 AM (50%).
Now. Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field is 84° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. With the humidity it feels like 94°. The dew point is 77°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 83°, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. Highs stay close to 87° all week. Rain or snow is likely Saturday (75%), Sunday (86%) and Monday (59%). Rain is possible tomorrow (45%) and Tuesday (30%). The windiest day is Monday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 37 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
80%Humidity
39%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
84feels94
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8980
28%
14mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8881
45%
12mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8779
75%
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8576
86%
22mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8576
59%
23mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8676
30%
23mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8576
28%
21mph
UV 8
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As of 11:00 PM in Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field, Florida.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NQX
- ICAO
- KNQX
- IATA
- NQX
- Field elevation
- 6 ft
- Serves
- Key West
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NQX
- Wind now
- From 100° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 31° / 211° | 4 mph head, on 04 | 11 mph from the right |
| 08 / 26 | 10,001 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 73° / 253° | 11 mph head, on 08 | 5 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 7,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 131° / 311° | 10 mph head, on 14 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Key West NAS (NQX), Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 77 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 2 PM to 80% at 8 PM.
- Dew point now
- 77F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 80%
- Humidity, range
- 62 to 80%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 5 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 10 PM
- 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 2,200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,200ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
- 0.00in
- 10 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Key West NAS: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica 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 now1 instrument
Key West NASNQX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/7 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Key West 7.6 ENEFL-MN-78
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/2 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Key West WFOKWFF1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/13 ft/7 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 Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Big Coppitt Keycommunity, 2 mi
- Stock Islandcommunity, 3 mi
- Key Westcity, 7 mi
- Florida Keysfeature, 14 mi
- Cudjoe Keycommunity, 14 mi
- Big Pine Keycommunity, 22 mi
- Marathoncity, 41 mi
- Key Colony Beachcity, 43 mi
- Duck Keycommunity, 51 mi
- Laytoncity, 58 mi
- Evergladesfeature, 75 mi
- Islamorada, Village of Islandsvillage, 76 mi
Airports near Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field
- Key West International AirportEYW, 5 mi
- Florida Keys Marathon International AirportMTH, 41 mi
- Miami Homestead General Aviation AirportX51, 95 mi
- Marco Island Executive AirportMKY, 98 mi
- Ocean Reef Club Airport07FA, 103 mi
- Homestead Air Reserve BaseHST, 103 mi
- Miami Executive AirportTMB, 108 mi
- Naples Municipal AirportAPF, 109 mi