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Highland Beach, Florida

Town in Palm Beach County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Highland Beach

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 21 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good8.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good22 ppb8.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.4 ppb20.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm20.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland Beach

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Highland Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Highland Beach, 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

Delray Beach 2.0 SSEFL-PB-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/9 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Loxahatchee NwrLOXF1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/26 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Boca Raton Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Highland Beach, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, broken at 2,900 ft, broken at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Boca Raton Airport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCTFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOCA RATON AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBoca Raton Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BCTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

84.2 F with a dew point of 78.8 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Boca Raton Airport: temperature 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 78.8, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCTFIG. B THE AIR AT BOCA RATON AIRPORTTHE 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 F100 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 77.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 84.2 FDEW POINT 78.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEBoca Raton Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Boca Raton Airport, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, 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 BCTFIG. C THE WIND AT BOCA RATON AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoca Raton Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Boca Raton Airport, 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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Near Highland Beach

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

Near Highland Beach

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