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In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Little Hickory Island Beach Park, Florida
Beach in Lee County, Florida71°
83°/75°
Overcast·
Feels like 71°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNE
Now. Little Hickory Island Beach Park is 71° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 14 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. Highs stay close to 84° all week. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 44% lit, and sets at 12:20 AM after midnight. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 32 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
71feels71
25%
14mph
Today
Oct 17
8375
66%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
8368
20mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8569
17mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8466
14mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8466
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8365
UV 8
Fri
Oct 23
8264
12mph
UV 8
71°
83°75°
83°68°
85°69°
84°66°
84°66°
83°65°
82°64°
As of 11:00 PM in Little Hickory Island Beach Park, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Little Hickory Island Beach Park
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 25 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good-
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 22, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
- GoodThuOct 22
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Little Hickory Island Beach Park
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.23in
- Last 3 days
- 0.46in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 50%
Visibility
How far you can see at Little Hickory Island Beach Park, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Mon 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 283°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot or less
- Water temperature
- In the mid 80s
- UV index
- Low
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee, including Manasota Key, Palm Island, Captiva, Sanibel, and Fort Myers Beach. Issued 2:21 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | High | High |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | 1 to 2 feet | 1 foot or less |
| Water temperature | In the mid 80s | - | - |
| UV index | Low | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Low | Low | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Widespread showers with isolated thunderstorms | Mostly cloudy until 2 AM, then partly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Mostly sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | - | Around 70 | - |
| Winds | North winds 5 to 10 mph | Northeast winds around 20 mph | Breezy. Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph |
| Tides | Venice InletLow, 12:36 PMFort Myers BeachLow, 12:40 PM | Venice InletHigh, 4:19 AMFort Myers BeachHigh, 5:11 AM | Venice InletLow, 1:48 PMFort Myers BeachLow, 1:52 PM |
Beach
- County
- Lee County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 26.3590° N
- Longitude
- 81.8591° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Little Hickory Island Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/15.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Palm River 1.9 NWFL-CR-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NaplesNPLF1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.9 mi away/30 ft/- ft from 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 Little Hickory Island Beach Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bonita Springscity, 5 mi
- Fort Myers Beachtown, 6 mi
- Esterovillage, 7 mi
- Naples Parkcommunity, 7 mi
- San Carlos Parkcommunity, 8 mi
- Florida Gulf Coast Universitycommunity, 9 mi
- Three Oakscommunity, 9 mi
- Pelican Marshcommunity, 9 mi
- Pelican Baycommunity, 9 mi
- Pine Ridgecommunity, 9 mi
- Island Walkcommunity, 12 mi
- Harlem Heightscommunity, 12 mi
Beaches near Little Hickory Island Beach Park
- Bonita Beachunder 1 mi
- Lolly's Beach1 mi
- Lee County Dog Beach2 mi
- Barefoot Beach State Preserve4 mi
- Bluebill Beach6 mi
- Seabreeze Avenue Beach7 mi
- Channel Drive Beach7 mi
- Bayview Avenue Beach7 mi