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Forest City, Florida Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Forest City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Forest City, FL
Thursday, June 4 at 10:28 AM
64
°
Clear
Feels like
66°
Humidity
81%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
6:27 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
Forest City, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastForest City, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 85°
Forest City, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    85°64°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    85°63°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    93°72°+8°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    95°74°+2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    17%
    95°76°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    33%
    94°78°-1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    92°76°-2°
Forest City, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
351° · backing 46°
Direction
N
351°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 9
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 9 · pk 24 @ 12:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 194SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 46° from the n.
Forest City, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.5
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.5
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141016
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.41014.31016.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Forest City, FL
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
-4 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 39. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~78%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
6.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
83μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~78%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 5

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.7 µg/m³ (AQI 37) with a 0.66 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.66
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Forest City, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
36.7mi
UNLIMITED
98 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
10:28 UTC ·Forest City, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
10:28 UTC ·Forest City, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Forest City, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Forest City, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Forest City, FL
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:02 AM
Sunrise
6:27 AM
Daylight
13h 53m
Sunset
8:20 PM
Civil dusk
12:48 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Forest City, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
85% illuminated
Moonrise
3:22 AM
Moonset
1:57 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Forest City, FL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Forest City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 22°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Forest City

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.