Temperature
81 F at 7 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 79 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 81F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 79F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, Florida
Medium airport in Miami-Dade County, Florida81°
90°/79°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 87°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 3 PM.
Now. Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport is 81° and mostly clear at 8 AM. With the humidity it feels like 87°. The dew point is 77°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 78° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Sunday, near 83°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (86%) and Sunday (74%). Rain is possible Monday (31%) and Tuesday (31%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:20 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 34 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
84%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
81feels87
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
9079
25%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8877
86%
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8374
74%
22mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8473
31%
17mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8573
31%
16mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8572
20%
15mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8470
26%
13mph
UV 8
81°
90°79°
88°77°
83°74°
84°73°
85°73°
85°72°
84°70°
As of 8:00 AM in Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 7 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-10 mi
- Ozone16Good6 ppb10 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-10 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb16.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb10 mi
- Carbon monoxide-1.1 ppm16.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 35SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OPF
- ICAO
- KOPF
- IATA
- OPF
- Field elevation
- 8 ft
- Serves
- Miami
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- OPF
- Wind now
- From 80° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L / 27R | 8,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 5 mph head, on 09L | 1 mph from the left |
| 09R / 27L | 4,309 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 5 mph head, on 09R | 1 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 6,800 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 122° / 302° | 4 mph head, on 12 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Miami/Opa Locka (OPF), Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 78 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 3 PM Thursday to 94% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 78F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 64 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east at 8 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 8 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 11 PM 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 1,900 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,900ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Miami/Opa Locka: 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 Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/10 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tamiami Canal Near Coral GablesTCCF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/30 ft/22 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Everglades ARSS2051
At a soil climate station/32.8 mi away/9 ft/1 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Miami Lakes 0.3 NNWFL-MD-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/3 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
North Miami Beach #2NMBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/39 ft/31 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 Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Country Clubcommunity, 3 mi
- Westviewcommunity, 3 mi
- Miami Lakestown, 3 mi
- Hialeahcity, 3 mi
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- Palm Springs Northcommunity, 4 mi
- West Little Rivercommunity, 4 mi
- Pinewoodcommunity, 5 mi
- Hialeah Gardenscity, 5 mi
- Medleytown, 5 mi
- Golden Gladescommunity, 5 mi
Airports near Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
- North Perry AirportHWO, 7 mi
- Miami International AirportMIA, 8 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportFLL, 14 mi
- Miami Executive AirportTMB, 20 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Executive AirportFXE, 21 mi
- Pompano Beach AirparkPMP, 26 mi
- Homestead Air Reserve BaseHST, 30 mi
- Miami Homestead General Aviation AirportX51, 33 mi