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Highland City, Florida

Community in Polk County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Highland City

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 12 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Highland City, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Highland City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BartowBOW

At an airfield/6.5 mi away/125 ft/14 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank302of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Bartow, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from Highland City, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,500 ft, scattered at 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bartow, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOWFIG. A THE SKY OVER BARTOWSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 8,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBartow, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BOWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

89.6 F with a dew point of 73.4 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Bartow: temperature 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 73.4, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOWFIG. B THE AIR AT BARTOWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00060 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 3,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 89.6 FDEW POINT 73.4 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEBartow, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Bartow, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOWFIG. C THE WIND AT BARTOWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBartow, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Near Highland City

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