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Belle Glade, Florida

City in Palm Beach County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Belle Glade

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 38 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Belle Glade

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

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Belle Glade, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 10 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Belle Glade, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Belle Glade, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Clewiston2IS

At an airfield/23.3 mi away/27 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Canal PointCNLF1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/26 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW6869, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 23.8 mi from Belle Glade, Florida. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW6869, 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 DW6869FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW6869PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW6869, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW6869TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW6869-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 21 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.01 inHg means its barometer reads 29.99 inHg; it reports 76.0 F, 17.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW6869 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 21 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.01 and the station pressure it means, 29.99.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW6869FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW6869 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW68690 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT21 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.01 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.99 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED76.0 FTITLECitizen station DW6869, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW6869TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW6869-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 54 degrees above the horizon at 26.80 N, and the day is 11 h 23 min long. Level ground there takes 81 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW6869, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 54 degrees above the horizon, against 87 at the June solstice, 63 at the equinoxes and 40 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 23 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW6869FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW6869ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 87°EQUINOXES 63°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 40°OCT 16, 54°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 23 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 81 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 26.80 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW6869, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW6869TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW6869-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW6869, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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