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Hardee County, Florida, United States

Last updated: 12:29 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
33°C
Feels like 38°
Clear
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
7 mph W
Humidity
54%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
30.00 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
9.8
Cloud Cover
1%
Sunrise
6:59 AM
Sunset
8:03 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Hardee County is currently clear at 33°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3021 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:59AM · Sunset: 8:03PM.

53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
33°
3%
2 PM
35°
3%
3 PM
35°
3%
4 PM
34°
3%
5 PM
35°
3%
6 PM
33°
3%
7 PM
32°
3%
8 PM
31°
3%
9 PM
28°
3%
10 PM
27°
3%
11 PM
27°
3%
12 AM
26°
3%
1 AM
26°
3%
2 AM
25°
3%
3 AM
25°
5%
4 AM
25°
8%
5 AM
24°
8%
6 AM
24°
9%
7 AM
24°
9%
8 AM
26°
15%
9 AM
29°
25%
10 AM
30°
25%
11 AM
31°
29%
12 PM
31°
30%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 24°
Clear.
Tue
36° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 39% chance of rain.
Wed
36° 25°
Rain, 65% chance.
Thu
34° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
Fri
34° 24°
Rain, 76% chance.
Sat
33° 23°
Rain, 70% chance.
Sun
33° 23°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 33° Clear 3% 7 mph W 54%
2 PM 35° Clear 3% 8 mph W 52%
3 PM 35° Clear 3% 9 mph W 52%
4 PM 34° Clear 3% 10 mph W 51%
5 PM 35° Clear 3% 10 mph W 53%
6 PM 33° Clear 3% 9 mph W 59%
7 PM 32° Clear 3% 8 mph W 65%
8 PM 31° Clear 3% 7 mph W 70%
9 PM 28° Clear 3% 7 mph W 75%
10 PM 27° Clear 3% 6 mph W 79%
11 PM 27° Clear 3% 6 mph W 82%
12 AM 26° Clear 3% 5 mph W 85%
1 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph W 87%
2 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph W 88%
3 AM 25° Mostly Clear 5% 4 mph W 90%
4 AM 25° Mostly Clear 8% 4 mph W 91%
5 AM 24° Mostly Clear 8% 4 mph W 91%
6 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 9% 4 mph W 91%
7 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 9% 4 mph W 90%
8 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 15% 5 mph W 88%
9 AM 29° Mostly Clear 25% 6 mph W 82%
10 AM 30° Mostly Clear 25% 6 mph W 76%
11 AM 31° Mostly Clear 29% 7 mph W 72%
12 PM 31° Mostly Clear 30% 8 mph W 68%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/17
Clear
3%
24°
36°
Tue
8/18
Partly Cloudy
39%
24°
36°
Wed
8/19
Rain
65%
25°
36°
Thu
8/20
Partly Cloudy
60%
23°
34°
Fri
8/21
Rain
76%
24°
34°
Sat
8/22
Rain
70%
23°
33°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
52%
23°
33°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
53%
23°
33°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
44%
24°
34°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
25°
34°
Thu
8/27
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
25°
34°
Sat
8/29
Rain
90%
24°
33°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
24°
33°
53
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
53 AQI 10.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 33 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Tue 53 Moderate 31 53
Wed 44 Good 30 44
Thu 39 Good 32 39
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Mon Aug 17, 16:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE2899 J/kg
MLCAPE2243 J/kg
MUCAPE2899 J/kg
SBCIN-9 J/kg
MLCIN-33 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear6 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH-9
0–3 km SRH-13
Eff. SRH-13
Storm Motion180° @ 10 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index20.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.75 in
0–3 km LR7.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals42.4
LCL883 hPa
LFC808 hPa
EL140 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,823 ft