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Captiva, Florida Weather

First trades stir the ceiba canopy. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Captiva, FL
Wednesday, June 3 at 8:06 PM
80
°
Overcast
Feels like
89°
Humidity
86%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
6:35 AM
Sunset
8:18 PM
Captiva, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCaptiva, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 75°H 81°
Captiva, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Light Showers
    47%
    0.44″
    82°75°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Rain
    33%
    0.28″
    81°76°-1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    16%
    80°74°-1°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    15%
    92°70°+12°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    22%
    94°73°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    25%
    94°75°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    90°76°-4°
Captiva, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
077° · veering 133°
Direction
ENE
077°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 10
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 10 · pk 20 @ 2:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2813SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 133° from the ene.
Captiva, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.8
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 30.03 inHg
Now
1016.8
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
+2.2
mb
24h
+3.6
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.31014.21017.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Captiva, FL
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
-13 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 43 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. AQI down 13 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
91μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
2.4 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 43
Captiva, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
40.0mi
UNLIMITED
47 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
20:06 UTC ·Captiva, 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
20:06 UTC ·Captiva, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Captiva, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Captiva, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Captiva, FL
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:11 AM
Sunrise
6:35 AM
Daylight
13h 43m
Sunset
8:18 PM
Civil dusk
12:45 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Captiva, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
2:37 AM
Moonset
1:07 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Captiva, FL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

First trades stir the ceiba canopy

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Captiva at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: January 25 (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 3, 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 — Captiva

SPC has placed Captiva 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 Captiva

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.