Temperature
79 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 79F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (65%).
Now. Venice Municipal Airport is 78° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 78° by 7 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 80° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (76%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 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 31 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Venice Municipal Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 6 mph head, on 04 | 3 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,640 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 3 mph head, on 13 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Venice (VNC), Venice Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
79 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 76 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 2 PM Thursday to 96% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the east northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,800 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 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
Venice: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Venice Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
VeniceVNC
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/20 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
VeniceVNCF1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/33 ft/15 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Venice 2.3 SEFL-SS-96
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/15 ft/3 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.