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Cocoa Beach, Florida

City in Brevard County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Cocoa Beach

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 8 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cocoa Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Cocoa Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cocoa Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

MelbourneMLBF1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/30 ft/26 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank10of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Merritt Island, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Cocoa Beach, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,800 ft, a few clouds at 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Merritt Island, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERRITT ISLANDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 4,200 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMerritt Island, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS COITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

82.4 F with a dew point of 78.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Merritt Island: temperature 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 78.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COIFIG. B THE AIR AT MERRITT ISLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00070 F80 F90 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 77.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 82.4 FDEW POINT 78.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMerritt Island, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS COITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Merritt Island, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COIFIG. C THE WIND AT MERRITT ISLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMerritt Island, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS COITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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