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Southwest Ranches, Florida Weather

First trades stir the ceiba canopy. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Southwest Ranches weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Southwest Ranches, FL
Thursday, June 4 at 2:36 PM
81
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
87°
Humidity
77%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
6:29 AM
Sunset
8:10 PM
Southwest Ranches, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSouthwest Ranches, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit with a 32% chance of precipitation at 11 AM.
L 73°H 78°
Southwest Ranches, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Heavy Showers
    32%
    0.54″
    81°74°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    0.02″
    81°73°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    87°69°+6°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    27%
    90°79°+3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    54%
    93°82°+3°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    60%
    91°82°-2°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Drizzle
    64%
    0.12″
    85°76°-6°
Southwest Ranches, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
075° · veering 74°
Direction
ENE
075°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
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 7 · pk 20 @ 1:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 244SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 74° from the ene.
Southwest Ranches, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.6
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 30.05 inHg
Now
1017.6
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
+0.2
mb
24h
+0.4
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.21016.31017.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Southwest Ranches, FL
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-5 in 6hPeak ~44 @ 9 PM

Ozone at AQI 41. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — 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
7.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
87μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 41. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 41
UV peak
2.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 7.0 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.3 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.75
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Southwest Ranches, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
50%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
41.8mi
UNLIMITED
44 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
14:36 UTC ·Southwest Ranches, 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
14:36 UTC ·Southwest Ranches, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Southwest Ranches, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Southwest Ranches, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Southwest Ranches, FL
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:04 AM
Sunrise
6:29 AM
Daylight
13h 41m
Sunset
8:10 PM
Civil dusk
12:37 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Southwest Ranches, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
3:11 AM
Moonset
1:58 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Southwest Ranches, FL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

First trades stir the ceiba canopy

fish
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Southwest Ranches at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: January 22 (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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Southwest Ranches

SPC has placed Southwest Ranches in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Southwest Ranches

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.