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Lake Wales, Florida

City in Polk County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Lake Wales

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 8 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Wales

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Wales, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Wales, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Lake WalesX07

At an airfield/2.3 mi away/122 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Lake WalesLWEF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/144 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank380of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Mountain LakeLWLF1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/141 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Lake Wales 3.2 SFL-PK-80

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/153 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lake Wales, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.7 mi from Lake Wales, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:46 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 144 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.77 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F; it reports 75.0 F, 16.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lake Wales stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 144 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.77 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWEF1FIG. D WHERE LAKE WALES STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERELAKE WALES1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT144 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.77 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.0 FTITLELake Wales, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LWEF1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWEF1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 53 degrees above the horizon at 27.84 N, and the day is 11 h 21 min long. Level ground there takes 80 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Lake Wales, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 53 degrees above the horizon, against 86 at the June solstice, 62 at the equinoxes and 39 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 21 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWEF1FIG. E THE SUN AT LAKE WALESELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 86°EQUINOXES 62°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 39°OCT 16, 53°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 21 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 80 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 27.84 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLELake Wales, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP LWEF1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWEF1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 144 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:46 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Lake Wales, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 12:46 am local time; air temperature, 75.0 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWEF1FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 12:46 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 12:46 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE75.0 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLELake Wales, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP LWEF1TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWEF1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Lake Wales, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lake Wales

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

Near Lake Wales

River and lake gauges