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Homestead, Florida

City in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Homestead

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 25 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Homestead

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Homestead, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Mon 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Sun 12 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Homestead, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Homestead 2.9 NEFL-MD-120

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/11 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Homestead AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Homestead, Florida. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:11 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,300 ft, broken at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Homestead AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 4,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSTFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOMESTEAD AFBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONBKN 4,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHomestead AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HSTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HST-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 77.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Homestead AFB: temperature 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 77.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSTFIG. B THE AIR AT HOMESTEAD AFBTHE 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 F100 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 75.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 84.2 FDEW POINT 77.0 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEHomestead AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HST-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Homestead AFB, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 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 HSTFIG. C THE WIND AT HOMESTEAD AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHomestead AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HST-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Elsewhere in Florida

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

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