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Waverly, Florida

Community in Polk County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Waverly

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 5 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Waverly

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Waverly, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.6 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Waverly, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Lake WalesX07

At an airfield/6.2 mi away/122 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Lake WalesLWEF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.1 mi away/144 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank380of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Dundee 0.3 EFL-PK-60

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/184 ft/58 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mountain LakeLWLF1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/141 ft/15 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station KO4FRZ, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.6 mi from Waverly, Florida. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KO4FRZ, 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 KO4FRZFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KO4FRZPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station KO4FRZ, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KO4FRZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KO4FRZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 135 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.78 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.06 inHg means its barometer reads 29.91 inHg; it reports 78.0 F, 19.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KO4FRZ stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 135 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.78 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.06 and the station pressure it means, 29.91.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KO4FRZFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KO4FRZ STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION KO4FRZ0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT135 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.78 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.06 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.91 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED78.0 FTITLECitizen station KO4FRZ, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KO4FRZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KO4FRZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 53 degrees above the horizon at 27.99 N, and the day is 11 h 21 min long. Level ground there takes 80 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KO4FRZ, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 53 degrees above the horizon, against 85 at the June solstice, 62 at the equinoxes and 39 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 21 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KO4FRZFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KO4FRZELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 85°EQUINOXES 62°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 39°OCT 16, 53°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 21 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 80 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 27.99 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KO4FRZ, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KO4FRZTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KO4FRZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KO4FRZ, in 4 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 Waverly

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

Near Waverly

River and lake gauges