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Hawthorne, Florida

City in Alachua County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Hawthorne

Index 12, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Putnam County (FL), 21 miles off.

12Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hawthorne

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Hawthorne, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Hawthorne, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Citizen station DW9112DW9112

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/146 ft/4 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Hawthorne 3.1 ESEFL-PT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/95 ft/55 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OcalaOCAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/35.4 mi away/125 ft/25 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,677of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Gainesville Rgnl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Hawthorne, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 PM 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 Gainesville Rgnl, 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 GNVFIG. A THE SKY OVER GAINESVILLE RGNLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGainesville Rgnl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GNVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

84.0 F with a dew point of 71.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gainesville Rgnl: temperature 84.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNVFIG. B THE AIR AT GAINESVILLE RGNLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.9 FTEMPERATURE 84.0 FDEW POINT 71.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEGainesville Rgnl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gainesville Rgnl, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNVFIG. C THE WIND AT GAINESVILLE RGNLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGainesville Rgnl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

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

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