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Longboat Key, Florida

Town in Sarasota County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Longboat Key

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 19 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone33Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Longboat Key

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Longboat Key, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Longboat Key, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station KB4PKB4P

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/21 ft/16 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Sarasota 4.3 NNWFL-SS-87

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/17 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BradentonBRAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/26 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sarasota-Bradenton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Longboat Key, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,900 ft, broken at 4,600 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sarasota-Bradenton, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRQFIG. A THE SKY OVER SARASOTA-BRADENTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SRQ-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

84.0 F with a dew point of 74.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Sarasota-Bradenton: temperature 84.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRQFIG. B THE AIR AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 84.0 FDEW POINT 74.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLESarasota-Bradenton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SRQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sarasota-Bradenton, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRQFIG. C THE WIND AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SRQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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