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Port Charlotte, Florida

Community in Charlotte County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Port Charlotte

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 23 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Port Charlotte

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. 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 Port Charlotte, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Port Charlotte, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Port Charlotte 1.5 ENEFL-CH-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/10 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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North PortNWFF1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/7 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,241of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Punta Gorda, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Port Charlotte, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Punta Gorda, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PGDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PUNTA GORDASECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEPunta Gorda, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PGDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PGD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 74.0 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 Punta Gorda: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.0, 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 PGDFIG. B THE AIR AT PUNTA GORDATHE 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 73.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 75.0 F, 74.0 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 POINTTITLEPunta Gorda, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PGDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PGD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 26 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.89 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.05 inHg means its barometer reads 30.02 inHg; it reports 75.0 F, 16.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Punta Gorda stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 26 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.89 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.05 and the station pressure it means, 30.02.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PGDFIG. D WHERE PUNTA GORDA 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 ATMOSPHEREPUNTA GORDA0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT26 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 HERE29.89 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.05 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.02 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.0 FTITLEPunta Gorda, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS PGDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PGD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Punta Gorda, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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