Temperature
77 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 77F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Okeechobee County Airport is 77° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 4 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. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Sunday, near 79°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (91%). Rain is possible Sunday (32%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 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 day is 11 hours 31 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Okeechobee County Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Fort Pierce (FL), 25 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 4,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Okeechobee (OBE), Okeechobee County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
77 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 77 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 15 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 2 AM Thursday; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,400 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 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
Okeechobee: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Okeechobee County 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
OkeechobeeOBE
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/34 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
BrightonGHTF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.4 mi away/51 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sebring 23 SSE92827
At a climate reference station/32.3 mi away/150 ft/116 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Okeechobee 1.5 NNWFL-OB-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/27 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OkeechobeeOAKF1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/62 ft/28 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.