Temperature
79 F at 7 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 78 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 79F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 92F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 78F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, Florida
Large airport in Manatee County, Florida83°
88°/76°
Clear·
Feels like 90°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM (78%).
Now. Sarasota Bradenton International Airport is 83° and clear at 10 AM. With the humidity it feels like 90°. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 6 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 81° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:25 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Low
29Air quality
77%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 AM
83feels90
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8876
37%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8277
83%
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8066
22mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8167
15mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8267
12mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8267
12mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8166
10%
12mph
UV 8
83°
88°76°
82°77°
80°66°
81°67°
82°67°
82°67°
81°66°
As of 10:00 AM in Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 14 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good23.8 mi
- Ozone14Good14 ppb5.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good5.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb17.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 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 Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SRQ
- ICAO
- KSRQ
- IATA
- SRQ
- Field elevation
- 30 ft
- Serves
- Sarasota/Bradenton
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SRQ
- Wind now
- From 130° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 09:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,006 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 38° / 218° | 0 mph head, on 04 | 5 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 9,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 5 mph head, on 14 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sarasota-Bradenton (SRQ), Sarasota Bradenton International 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 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM Thursday to 89% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 75F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the east at 8 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 11 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 8 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
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 800 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
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
Sarasota-Bradenton: 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 Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/30 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ruskin WFOTBW
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.4 mi away/39 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sarasota 4.3 NNWFL-SS-87
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/17 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BradentonBRAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/26 ft/4 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 Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Whitfieldcommunity, 1 mi
- Desoto Acrescommunity, 2 mi
- Bayshore Gardenscommunity, 3 mi
- North Sarasotacommunity, 3 mi
- Desoto Lakescommunity, 4 mi
- Sarasotacity, 4 mi
- Kensington Parkcommunity, 4 mi
- Longboat Keytown, 5 mi
- South Bradentoncommunity, 5 mi
- West Samosetcommunity, 5 mi
- Samosetcommunity, 5 mi
- The Meadowscommunity, 6 mi
Airports near Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
- Venice Municipal AirportVNC, 23 mi
- Albert Whitted AirportSPG, 26 mi
- MacDill Air Force BaseMCF, 31 mi
- St. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportPIE, 37 mi
- Peter O Knight AirportTPF, 37 mi
- Tampa International AirportTPA, 40 mi
- Clearwater Air ParkCLW, 42 mi
- Tampa Executive AirportVDF, 45 mi