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Surfside, Florida

Town in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Surfside

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 13 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good14.8 mi
  • Ozone19Good17 ppb14.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-14.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb14.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb14.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm14.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Surfside

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Surfside, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Surfside, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Miami Beach 2.6 NFL-MD-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/4 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Miami BeachMIBF1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/20 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,260of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Miami/Opa Locka, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.1 mi from Surfside, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 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 Miami/Opa Locka, 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 OPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER MIAMI/OPA LOCKASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMiami/Opa Locka, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

79.0 F with a dew point of 77.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Miami/Opa Locka: temperature 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 77.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OPFFIG. B THE AIR AT MIAMI/OPA LOCKATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00070 F80 F90 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 76.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 79.0 F, 77.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEMiami/Opa Locka, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Miami/Opa Locka, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 5 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 OPFFIG. C THE WIND AT MIAMI/OPA LOCKAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiami/Opa Locka, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Miami/Opa Locka, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Surfside

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