Temperature
65 F at 1 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 90° today.
Now. Tallahassee International Airport is 66° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Tallahassee International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tallahassee (FL), 10 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 7,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Tallahassee Rgnl (TLH), Tallahassee International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 1 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 62 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,500 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Tallahassee Rgnl: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Tallahassee International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/69 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wakulla #1 ScanWAKF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.9 mi away/150 ft/69 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wakulla #1S2009
At a soil climate station/7.9 mi away/150 ft/69 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Fl Forestry ServiceTALF1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/66 ft/15 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Tallahassee 5.3 SWFL-LN-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/67 ft/14 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.