Temperature
79 F at 12 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 79F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 92F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Peter O Knight Airport, Florida
Small airport in Hillsborough County, Florida76°
89°/76°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 81° after 89° today.
Now. Peter O Knight Airport is 76° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 2 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. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 77°. Rain is likely tomorrow (62%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:23 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 31 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
97%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8976
36%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8175
62%
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7765
20mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7965
16mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8165
14mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8165
13mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8165
13mph
UV 8
76°
89°76°
81°75°
77°65°
79°65°
81°65°
81°65°
81°65°
As of 4:00 AM in Peter O Knight Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Peter O Knight Airport
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 9 miles off.
24Good
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Peter O Knight Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Peter O Knight Airport, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TPF
- ICAO
- KTPF
- IATA
- TPF
- Field elevation
- 8 ft
- Serves
- Tampa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TPF
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,583 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 37° / 217° | - | - |
| 18 / 36 | 2,687 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tampa/Knight (TPF), Peter O Knight 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 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 76F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 53 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
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 9 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 5 AM 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 2,700 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Tampa/Knight: 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 Peter O Knight Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Tampa/KnightTPF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/8 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Carrollwood 1NECWOF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.9 mi away/43 ft/35 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tampa 2.1 SFL-HB-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/12 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St Petersburg 6WNWSZPF1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/23 ft/15 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at St Petersburg 6WNW (SZPF1), 19.1 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Peter O Knight Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tampacity, 2 mi
- Palm River-Clair Melcommunity, 5 mi
- Progress Villagecommunity, 6 mi
- East Lake-Orient Parkcommunity, 7 mi
- Gibsontoncommunity, 8 mi
- Egypt Lake-Letocommunity, 8 mi
- Brandoncommunity, 9 mi
- Temple Terracecity, 10 mi
- Mangocommunity, 10 mi
- Riverviewcommunity, 10 mi
- Town 'n' Countrycommunity, 10 mi
- Carrollwoodcommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Peter O Knight Airport
- MacDill Air Force BaseMCF, 6 mi
- Tampa International AirportTPA, 7 mi
- Tampa Executive AirportVDF, 9 mi
- St. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportPIE, 15 mi
- Albert Whitted AirportSPG, 15 mi
- Plant City Municipal AirportPCM, 18 mi
- Clearwater Air ParkCLW, 19 mi
- Lakeland Linder International AirportLAL, 27 mi