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Sunrise, Florida

City in Broward County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Sunrise

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Broward County (FL), 13 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good7.2 mi
  • Ozone18Good6 ppb7.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good7.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.3 ppb7.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb7.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm7.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sunrise

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

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sunrise, the next 41 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Sat 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sunrise, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sunrise 1.9 NEFL-BW-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/4 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fort Lauderdale, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Sunrise, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Lauderdale, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FXEFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT LAUDERDALESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 2,200 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Lauderdale, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FXETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FXE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

82.0 F with a dew point of 75.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Lauderdale: temperature 82.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FXEFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT LAUDERDALETHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 73.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 82.0 FDEW POINT 75.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEFort Lauderdale, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FXETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FXE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Lauderdale, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FXEFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT LAUDERDALEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Lauderdale, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FXETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FXE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Lauderdale, 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 Sunrise

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

Near Sunrise

River and lake gauges