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Plantation Island, Florida

Community in Collier County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Plantation Island

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Naples (FL), 18 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plantation Island

0.80 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.80in
Last 3 days
0.80in

Visibility

How far you can see at Plantation Island, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 11 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Plantation Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Marco IslandMCIF1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.5 mi away/26 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank129of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Marco Island, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.4 mi from Plantation Island, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marco Island, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKYFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARCO ISLANDSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMarco Island, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 75.0 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 Marco Island: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.0, 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 MKYFIG. B THE AIR AT MARCO ISLANDTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 74.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 76.0 F, 75.0 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 POINTTITLEMarco Island, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Marco Island, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKYFIG. C THE WIND AT MARCO ISLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarco Island, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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