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Apollo Beach, Florida

Community in Hillsborough County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Apollo Beach

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 12 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good20.8 mi
  • Ozone30Good27 ppb20.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb20.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb12.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Apollo Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Apollo Beach, the next 43 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sat 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

On the radar over Apollo Beach, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Apollo Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ruskin WFOTBW

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/39 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank24of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Apollo Beach 0.5 WSWFL-HB-77

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/0 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fort GreenFTGF1

At a cooperative observer's station/20.9 mi away/128 ft/120 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,240of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Macdill AFB/Tampa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Apollo Beach, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Macdill AFB/Tampa, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCFFIG. A THE SKY OVER MACDILL AFB/TAMPASECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMacdill AFB/Tampa, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

78.8 F with a dew point of 74.5 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Macdill AFB/Tampa: temperature 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.5, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCFFIG. B THE AIR AT MACDILL AFB/TAMPATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 73.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 78.8 FDEW POINT 74.5 FSPREAD 4.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMacdill AFB/Tampa, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Macdill AFB/Tampa, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCFFIG. C THE WIND AT MACDILL AFB/TAMPAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMacdill AFB/Tampa, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Macdill AFB/Tampa, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Apollo Beach

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Apollo Beach

River and lake gauges