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Crystal Lake, Florida

Community in Polk County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Crystal Lake

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 14 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Crystal Lake

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Crystal Lake, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Crystal Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lakeland 4.4 ESEFL-PK-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/135 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lakeland Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.4 mi from Crystal Lake, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lakeland Regional, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LALFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAKELAND REGIONALSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELakeland Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LALTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.8 F with a dew point of 75.2 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lakeland Regional: temperature 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.2, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LALFIG. B THE AIR AT LAKELAND REGIONALTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 74.3 FTEMPERATURE 78.8 FDEW POINT 75.2 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 POINTTITLELakeland Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LALTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, 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 Lakeland Regional, 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 LALFIG. C THE WIND AT LAKELAND REGIONALPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELakeland Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LALTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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