Citizen station FW8529FW8529
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/30 ft/23 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 79° after 89° today.
Now. Hernando Beach is 88° and partly cloudy at 2 PM. With the humidity it feels like 94°. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 78° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 78° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (58%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:22 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Hernando Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Holiday (FL), 17 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hernando Beach, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Hernando Beach, 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 now3 instruments
Citizen station FW8529FW8529
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/30 ft/23 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/12.4 mi away/66 ft/59 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pithlachascotee River Near Fivay Junction02310280
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bayport 0.8 SWFL-HN-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/4 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/20.5 mi away/108 ft/101 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Hernando Beach, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 3,900 ft, scattered at 4,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
90.0 F with a dew point of 72.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.