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Rainbow Springs, Florida

Community in Marion County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Rainbow Springs

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Citrus County (FL), 17 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rainbow Springs

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Rainbow Springs, the next 45 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rainbow Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OcalaOCF

At an airfield/14.6 mi away/93 ft/17 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 2,300

Cedar KeyNDBC-CDRF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/35.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,706of 2,300

measured daily2 instruments

Dunnellon 6.5 NNWFL-MR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/105 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Ocala, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Rainbow Springs, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Ocala, height above the station to scale: overcast 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 OCFFIG. A THE SKY OVER OCALASECTION, 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 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOcala, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OCFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OCF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 72.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Ocala: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 72.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OCFFIG. B THE AIR AT OCALATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 72.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEOcala, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OCFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OCF-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 Ocala, 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 OCFFIG. C THE WIND AT OCALAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOcala, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OCFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OCF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

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Near Rainbow Springs

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Rainbow Springs

River and lake gauges