Temperature
77 F at 12 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 74 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 77F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 74F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Southwest Florida International Airport, Florida
Large airport in Lee County, Florida77°
90°/75°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 77°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Now. Southwest Florida International Airport is 77° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 76°, 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 75° 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. Highs stay close to 83° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (66%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:24 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 32 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
96%Humidity
45%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
77feels77
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
9075
63%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8475
66%
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8169
20%
21mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8268
16mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8367
14mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8366
13mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8366
10%
12mph
UV 8
77°
90°75°
84°75°
81°69°
82°68°
83°67°
83°66°
83°66°
As of 1:00 AM in Southwest Florida International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Southwest Florida International Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 16 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 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 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southwest Florida International Airport
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.23in
- Last 3 days
- 0.23in
Visibility
How far you can see at Southwest Florida International Airport, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RSW
- ICAO
- KRSW
- IATA
- RSW
- Field elevation
- 30 ft
- Serves
- Fort Myers
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- RSW
- Wind now
- From 70° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 12,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 54° / 234° | 3 mph head, on 06 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ft Myers/Sw Florida (RSW), Southwest Florida International 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 58% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 76F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the east northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 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 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 1,800 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,800ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.18 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.18 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.18in
- Wettest hour
- 0.18in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ft Myers/Sw Florida: 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 Southwest Florida International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/30 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/26.3 mi away/7 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Carlos Park 0.7 NNEFL-LE-64
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/15 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ImmokaleeIMKF1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.0 mi away/52 ft/22 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 Southwest Florida International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gatewaycommunity, 3 mi
- Three Oakscommunity, 5 mi
- Florida Gulf Coast Universitycommunity, 5 mi
- San Carlos Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Esterovillage, 7 mi
- Lehigh Acrescommunity, 7 mi
- Villascommunity, 7 mi
- Page Parkcommunity, 8 mi
- Pine Manorcommunity, 8 mi
- Buckinghamcommunity, 9 mi
- Whiskey Creekcommunity, 9 mi
- Cypress Lakecommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Southwest Florida International Airport
- Page FieldFMY, 8 mi
- Immokalee Regional AirportIMM, 23 mi
- Naples Municipal AirportAPF, 26 mi
- Punta Gorda AirportPGD, 30 mi
- Marco Island Executive AirportMKY, 38 mi
- Airglades Airport2IS, 46 mi
- Venice Municipal AirportVNC, 56 mi
- Sebring Regional AirportSEF, 69 mi