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Avon Park, Florida

City in Highlands County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Avon Park

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Highlands County (FL), 20 miles off.

8Good
  • Ozone8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Avon Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Avon Park, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Avon Park, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Avon Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MacGill AFBAGR

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/66 ft/76 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 2,338

Avon ParkAVZF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/95 ft/47 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank519of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Avon Park 0.7 NNWFL-HL-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/162 ft/20 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Desoto City 8SWDSOF1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/83 ft/59 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at MacGill AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Avon Park, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over MacGill AFB, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGRFIG. A THE SKY OVER MACGILL AFBSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMacGill AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AGRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 74.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at MacGill AFB: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGRFIG. B THE AIR AT MACGILL AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 73.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 75.0 F, 74.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEMacGill AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at MacGill AFB, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGRFIG. C THE WIND AT MACGILL AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMacGill AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Near Avon Park

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