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Brandon, Florida

Community in Hillsborough County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Brandon

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 1 mile off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Brandon

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
0.54in

Visibility

How far you can see at Brandon, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 11 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Brandon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Brandon 2.1 SWFL-HB-193

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/36 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Plant CityPLCF1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/118 ft/87 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank21of 2,300

Station report

The weather at Vandenberg Airport/Tampa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Brandon, Florida. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 23,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Vandenberg Airport/Tampa, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 23,000 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VDFFIG. A THE SKY OVER VANDENBERG AIRPORT/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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 23,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEVandenberg Airport/Tampa, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VDFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VDF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

73.6 F with a dew point of 73.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 23,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Vandenberg Airport/Tampa: temperature 73.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 73.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 23,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VDFFIG. B THE AIR AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT/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 STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 23,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.6 F, 73.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEVandenberg Airport/Tampa, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VDFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VDF-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 Vandenberg Airport/Tampa, 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 VDFFIG. C THE WIND AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT/TAMPAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEVandenberg Airport/Tampa, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VDFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VDF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Vandenberg Airport/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 Brandon

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

Near Brandon

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