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Ruskin, Florida

Community in Hillsborough County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Ruskin

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 16 miles off.

23Good
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Ruskin

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Ruskin, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ruskin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ruskin WFOTBW

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/39 ft/33 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank24of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Ruskin 1.2 SWFL-HB-111

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/14 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BradentonBRAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/26 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Macdill AFB/Tampa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Ruskin, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 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 Macdill AFB/Tampa, 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 MCFFIG. A THE SKY OVER MACDILL AFB/TAMPASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMacdill AFB/Tampa, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 74.7 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Macdill AFB/Tampa: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.7, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCFFIG. B THE AIR AT MACDILL AFB/TAMPATHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 73.9 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 74.7 FSPREAD 3.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEMacdill AFB/Tampa, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCF-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 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Macdill AFB/Tampa, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCFFIG. C THE WIND AT MACDILL AFB/TAMPAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMacdill AFB/Tampa, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Macdill AFB/Tampa, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ruskin

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

Near Ruskin

River and lake gauges