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Fort Myers, Florida Weather

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

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

Fort Myers, FL
Sunday, July 5 at 6:25 AM
77
°
Clear
Feels like
86°
Humidity
93%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:39 AM
Sunset
4:24 PM
Fort Myers, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Myers, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 30% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 75°H 92°
Fort Myers, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    92°77°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    37%
    92°75°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    44%
    96°77°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    40%
    0.04″
    97°76°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Showers
    23%
    0.03″
    96°73°-1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Showers
    46%
    0.21″
    95°76°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Thunderstorm
    48%
    0.01″
    94°73°-1°
Fort Myers, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
105° · veering 15°
Direction
ESE
105°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 4
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 4 · pk 14 @ 10:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 124SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 15° from the ese.
Fort Myers, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.2
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.98 inHg
Now
1015.2
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
-1.0
mb
24h
-1.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1017.81014.71015.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Fort Myers, FL
Air quality
19
AQI
Good
-5 in 6h

AQI 19 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 5.3 µg/m³ (AQI 29) with a 0.67 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneGood
34μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.3 µg/m³ (AQI 29) with a 0.67 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.67
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Myers, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
26.9mi
UNLIMITED
71 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
10:25 UTC · Fort Myers, 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
10:25 UTC · Fort Myers, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Myers, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Myers, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Myers, FL
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:14 AM
Sunrise
2:39 AM
Daylight
13h 45m
Sunset
4:24 PM
Civil dusk
8:51 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Myers, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:37 PM
Moonset
11:42 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Myers, 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 →

Fort Myers at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: January 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP codes: 33901, 33905, 33907, 33908, 33912, 33913, 33916, 33919 +3 more

15-Day Forecast — Fort Myers

  1. Sun92°77°30%
  2. Mon92°75°37%
  3. Tue96°77°44%
  4. Wed97°76°40%
  5. Thu96°73°23%
  6. Fri95°76°46%
  7. Sat94°73°48%
  8. Sun93°75°21%
  9. Mon94°77°24%
  10. Tue95°74°33%
  11. Wed94°76°39%
  12. Thu95°75°51%
  13. Fri92°76°58%
  14. Sat94°76°55%
  15. Sun95°76°61%

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

Live wind & temperature near Fort Myers

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 — Fort Myers

SPC includes Fort Myers 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 Fort Myers

  • 33913
  • 33916
  • 33966
  • 33901
  • 33907
  • 33905
  • 33902
  • 33994

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.