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Captiva, Florida Weather

Midyear heat — the wet season grip. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Captiva, FL
Sunday, July 5 at 10:20 AM
77
°
Heavy Rain
Feels like
78°
Humidity
93%
Wind
24 mph
Sunrise
2:40 AM
Sunset
4:25 PM
Captiva, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCaptiva, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 77 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 43% chance of precipitation at 10 AM.
L 77°H 85°
Captiva, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    47%
    0.72″
    85°77°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    24%
    0.09″
    85°78°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    17%
    91°80°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    0.02″
    93°76°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    T-storm w/ Hail
    0.03″
    94°76°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    32%
    95°77°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    93°78°-2°
Captiva, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
284° · veering 135°
Direction
WNW
284°
Sustained
24
mph
Gust
26
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 8
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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 8 · pk 29 @ 10:00a
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3312SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the wnw-bound air across the harbor.
Captiva, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.9
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 30.06 inHg
Now
1017.9
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
+1.3
mb
24h
-0.1
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.01015.11017.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Captiva, FL
Air quality
25
AQI
Good
0 in 6h

AQI 25 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM scrubbed by 5 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 6.3 µg/m³, PM10 to 11.8 µg/m³.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneGood
57μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.7

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 5 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 6.3 µg/m³, PM10 to 11.8 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.53
Wind
windy
Recent rain
5h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Captiva, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
2.0mi
MIST/HAZE
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
14:20 UTC · Captiva, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
14:20 UTC · Captiva, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Captiva, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Captiva, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Captiva, FL
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:15 AM
Sunrise
2:40 AM
Daylight
13h 45m
Sunset
4:25 PM
Civil dusk
8:53 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Captiva, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
11:38 PM
Moonset
11:43 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Captiva, FL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Midyear heat — the wet season grip

weather
Jan 151% 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: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 33924

16-Day Forecast — Captiva

  1. Sun85°77°47%
  2. Mon85°78°24%
  3. Tue91°80°17%
  4. Wed93°76°7%
  5. Thu94°76°7%
  6. Fri95°77°32%
  7. Sat93°78°26%
  8. Sun93°80°19%
  9. Mon93°78°14%
  10. Tue92°75°21%
  11. Wed94°78°22%
  12. Thu92°80°53%
  13. Fri90°78°52%
  14. Sat93°80°56%
  15. Sun94°78°59%
  16. Mon94°80°59%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 includes Captiva in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • 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

  • 33924

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.