Temperature
77 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 77F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Plant City Municipal Airport, Florida
Small airport in Hillsborough County, Florida77°
90°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 77°·Light breeze 4 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 80° after 90° today.
Now. Plant City Municipal Airport is 77° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 4 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 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 77°. Rain is likely tomorrow (56%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:22 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 31 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
97%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
77feels77
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9074
61%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8073
56%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
7763
20mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7964
17mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8163
14mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8163
13mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8163
UV 8
77°
90°74°
80°73°
77°63°
79°64°
81°63°
81°63°
81°63°
As of 1:00 AM in Plant City Municipal Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Plant City Municipal Airport
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 10 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone35Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Plant City Municipal Airport
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 Plant City Municipal Airport, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PCM
- ICAO
- KPCM
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 153 ft
- Serves
- Plant City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PCM
- Wind now
- From 90° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 3,950 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 94° / 274° | 3 mph head, on 10 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Plant City (PCM), Plant City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 76 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 76F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 62 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 8 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 3 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 3 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 2,600 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,600ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Plant City: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Plant City Municipal 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 now2 instruments
Plant CityPCM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/154 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Carrollwood 1NECWOF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.4 mi away/43 ft/110 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plant City 1.2 SWFL-HB-182
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/124 ft/29 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Plant CityPLCF1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/118 ft/35 ft below 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
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Near Plant City Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Plant Citycity, 2 mi
- Dovercommunity, 3 mi
- Seffnercommunity, 7 mi
- Valricocommunity, 7 mi
- Mangocommunity, 9 mi
- Brandoncommunity, 10 mi
- Thonotosassacommunity, 10 mi
- Willow Oakcommunity, 10 mi
- Bloomingdalecommunity, 10 mi
- Medullacommunity, 11 mi
- Fuller Heightscommunity, 11 mi
- Kathleencommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Plant City Municipal Airport
- Lakeland Linder International AirportLAL, 9 mi
- Tampa Executive AirportVDF, 11 mi
- Zephyrhills Municipal AirportZPH, 16 mi
- Peter O Knight AirportTPF, 18 mi
- Tampa International AirportTPA, 23 mi
- Bartow Executive AirportBOW, 24 mi
- MacDill Air Force BaseMCF, 24 mi
- Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert FieldGIF, 25 mi