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Paxton, Florida

Town in Walton County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Paxton

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Okaloosa County (FL), 26 miles off.

12Good
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Paxton

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Paxton, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Paxton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Paxton 0.6 ESEFL-WT-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/334 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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NicevilleNCVF1

At a cooperative observer's station/32.7 mi away/102 ft/206 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Crestview/Bob Sikes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.5 mi from Paxton, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Crestview/Bob Sikes, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CRESTVIEW/BOB SIKESSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLECrestview/Bob Sikes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CEWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Crestview/Bob Sikes: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEWFIG. B THE AIR AT CRESTVIEW/BOB SIKESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 65.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLECrestview/Bob Sikes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Crestview/Bob Sikes, 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 CEWFIG. C THE WIND AT CRESTVIEW/BOB SIKESPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECrestview/Bob Sikes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Crestview/Bob Sikes, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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