Temperature
70 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 75° after 89° today.
Now. Williston Municipal Airport is 71° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 70° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:19 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 28 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Williston Municipal Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Gainesville (FL), 23 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,669 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 4,979 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Williston (X60), Williston Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 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
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 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
Williston: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Williston 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 now2 instruments
WillistonX60
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/83 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Suwannee 7ENESWNF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.8 mi away/72 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dunnellon 16.4 NFL-LV-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/56 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Usher Forestry TwrCHIF1
At a cooperative observer's station/21.1 mi away/69 ft/7 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.