Storm Station
Sign in

Sun City Center, Florida

Community in Hillsborough County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Sun City Center

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 15 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone35Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sun City Center

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Sun City Center, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Sun City Center, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sun City Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ruskin WFOTBW

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/39 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank24of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Sun City Center 0.8 SWFL-HB-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/52 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fort GreenFTGF1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.9 mi away/128 ft/83 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,240of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Macdill AFB/Tampa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Sun City Center, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 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

79.5 F with a dew point of 74.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Macdill AFB/Tampa: temperature 79.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.7 FTEMPERATURE 79.5 FDEW POINT 74.0 FSPREAD 5.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 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 100 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 100°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

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

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

Near Sun City Center

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

Near Sun City Center

River and lake gauges