Temperature
74 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida
Large airport in Seminole County, Florida74°
90°/73°
Clear·
Feels like 74°·Light air 1 mph NE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 80° after 90° today.
Now. Orlando Sanford International Airport is 74° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 7 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 tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 76°. Rain is possible tomorrow (39%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:16 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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
91%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
74feels74
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9073
59%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8073
39%
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7666
12%
22mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7866
21%
15mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7965
13%
13mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8064
19%
13mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
8064
20%
12mph
UV 7
74°
90°73°
80°73°
76°66°
78°66°
79°65°
80°64°
80°64°
As of 2:00 AM in Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Orlando Sanford International Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Seminole County (FL), 4 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good5.1 mi
- Ozone19Good19 ppb5.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good5.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.9 ppb18.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm18.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Orlando Sanford International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Orlando Sanford International Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SFB
- ICAO
- KSFB
- IATA
- SFB
- Field elevation
- 55 ft
- Serves
- Orlando
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SFB
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09C / 27C | 3,578 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
| 09L / 27R | 11,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
| 09R / 27L | 5,839 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 6,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sanford/Orlando (SFB), Orlando Sanford International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 71 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 71F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the northeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 200 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 PM 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
Sanford/Orlando: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Orlando Sanford International Airport, 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/56 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
De Leon Springs - Lake WoodruffLWQF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.8 mi away/57 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sellers Lake #1S2012
At a soil climate station/33.0 mi away/75 ft/20 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Titusville 7 E92821
At a climate reference station/34.9 mi away/3 ft/52 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sanford 2.8 EFL-SM-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/25 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SanfordSFNF1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/59 ft/4 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 Orlando Sanford International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Midwaycommunity, 1 mi
- Sanfordcity, 3 mi
- Lake Marycity, 6 mi
- Winter Springscity, 6 mi
- Black Hammockcommunity, 6 mi
- Genevacommunity, 8 mi
- Heathrowcommunity, 8 mi
- Longwoodcity, 8 mi
- Oviedocity, 9 mi
- DeBarycity, 9 mi
- Deltonacity, 9 mi
- Casselberrycity, 10 mi
Airports near Orlando Sanford International Airport
- Orlando Executive AirportORL, 17 mi
- Deland Municipal Sidney H Taylor FieldDED, 20 mi
- Orlando International AirportMCO, 24 mi
- New Smyrna Beach Municipal AirportEVB, 26 mi
- Arthur Dunn Air ParkX21, 26 mi
- Daytona Beach International AirportDAB, 30 mi
- Space Coast Regional AirportTIX, 32 mi
- Space Florida Launch and Landing FacilityTTS, 35 mi