Temperature
77 F at 6 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM Friday, and 75 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 92F
- 2 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 75F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Punta Gorda Airport, Florida
Medium airport in Charlotte County, Florida76°
81°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Light air 2 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM (57%).
Now. Punta Gorda Airport is 76° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the north at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 67° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. Highs stay close to 82° all week. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 12:19 AM after midnight. 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
94%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
76feels76
27%
Today
Oct 17
8174
81%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
8166
26%
22mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8367
20mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8265
13mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8264
12mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8163
12mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 23
8162
UV 8
76°
81°74°
81°66°
83°67°
82°65°
82°64°
81°63°
81°62°
As of 7:00 AM in Punta Gorda Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Punta Gorda Airport
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 15 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Punta Gorda Airport
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.14in
- Last 3 days
- 0.14in
Visibility
How far you can see at Punta Gorda Airport, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PGD
- ICAO
- KPGD
- IATA
- PGD
- Field elevation
- 26 ft
- Serves
- Punta Gorda
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PGD
- Wind now
- From 270° at 3 mph, read 17 Oct, 06:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 7,193 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 29° / 209° | 1 mph head, on 22 | 3 mph from the right |
| 09 / 27 unlit | 2,636 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 3 mph head, on 27 | None |
| 15 / 33 | 6,286 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 149° / 329° | 2 mph head, on 33 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Punta Gorda (PGD), Punta Gorda Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 75 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 2 PM Friday to 97% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 75F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the west at 7 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM Friday, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 PM Friday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 5 PM Friday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 5 PM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 7 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 8 PM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 8 PM Friday
- 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 1,600 ft at 10 AM Friday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,600ft
- 10 AM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 PM Friday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 PM Friday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Punta Gorda: 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 Punta Gorda Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
Punta GordaPGD
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/26 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Punta Gorda 1.5 NNEFL-CH-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/13 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
North PortNWFF1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/7 ft/19 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
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Punta Gorda Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Clevelandcommunity, 2 mi
- Solanacommunity, 3 mi
- Charlotte Parkcommunity, 4 mi
- Punta Gordacity, 4 mi
- Harbour Heightscommunity, 5 mi
- Charlotte Harborcommunity, 5 mi
- Port Charlottecommunity, 9 mi
- Burnt Store Marinacommunity, 11 mi
- North Portcity, 16 mi
- Suncoast Estatescommunity, 16 mi
- North Fort Myerscommunity, 17 mi
- Palmona Parkcommunity, 17 mi
Airports near Punta Gorda Airport
- Page FieldFMY, 24 mi
- Venice Municipal AirportVNC, 30 mi
- Southwest Florida International AirportRSW, 30 mi
- Sarasota Bradenton International AirportSRQ, 48 mi
- Immokalee Regional AirportIMM, 50 mi
- Sebring Regional AirportSEF, 54 mi
- Naples Municipal AirportAPF, 55 mi
- Airglades Airport2IS, 59 mi