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Matlacha, Florida

Community in Lee County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Matlacha

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 14 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good12 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good12 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Matlacha

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Matlacha, the next 43 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Sat 1 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Matlacha, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

North PortNWFF1

At a cooperative observer's station/30.3 mi away/7 ft/5 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,241of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Fort Myers/Page Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Matlacha, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Myers/Page Fld, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMYFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT MYERS/PAGE FLDSECTION, 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 FTBKN 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Myers/Page Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FMYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 76.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Myers/Page Fld: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 76.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMYFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT MYERS/PAGE FLDTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 75.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 78.0 F, 76.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEFort Myers/Page Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Myers/Page Fld, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 5 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 FMYFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT MYERS/PAGE FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Myers/Page Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Myers/Page Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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