Temperature
74 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field, Florida
Small airport in Marion County, Florida73°
89°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Light air 3 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 76° after 89° today.
Now. Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field is 73° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 71° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:19 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.
0UV Low
29Air quality
85%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
73feels73
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8970
25%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7671
21%
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7359
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7660
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7859
13mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7859
12mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7859
12mph
UV 7
73°
89°70°
76°71°
73°59°
76°60°
78°59°
78°59°
78°59°
As of 1:00 AM in Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Ocala (FL), 10 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
GoodModerate
- 35YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OCF
- ICAO
- KOCF
- IATA
- OCF
- Field elevation
- 90 ft
- Serves
- Ocala
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OCF
- Wind now
- From 90° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 3,009 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 80° / 260° | 3 mph head, on 08 | 1 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 7,467 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 0 mph head, on 18 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ocala (OCF), Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 6 AM Thursday
- 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 3,000 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,000ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ocala: 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 Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
OcalaOCF
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/93 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sellers Lake #1 ScanSLKF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.0 mi away/75 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sellers Lake #1S2012
At a soil climate station/36.0 mi away/75 ft/15 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Ocala 6.5 WFL-MR-76
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/86 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OcalaOCAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/125 ft/35 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 Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ocalacity, 5 mi
- Ocala Estatescommunity, 5 mi
- On Top of the Worldcommunity, 6 mi
- Liberty Trianglecommunity, 7 mi
- Rainbow Parkcommunity, 8 mi
- Silver Springscommunity, 10 mi
- Marion Oakscommunity, 11 mi
- Belleviewcity, 12 mi
- Silver Springs Shorescommunity, 13 mi
- Reddicktown, 14 mi
- Rainbow Springscommunity, 15 mi
- Morristoncommunity, 15 mi
Airports near Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field
- Williston Municipal AirportX60, 20 mi
- Inverness AirportINF, 26 mi
- Crystal River AirportCGC, 30 mi
- Leesburg International AirportLEE, 35 mi
- Gainesville Regional AirportGNV, 36 mi
- Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field28J, 47 mi
- Keystone Heights Airport42J, 48 mi
- Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional AirportBKV, 51 mi