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Fort Myers Shores, Florida Weather

Midyear heat — the wet season grip. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Fort Myers Shores, FL
Saturday, July 4 at 6:56 PM
85
°
Overcast
Feels like
95°
Humidity
72%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:38 AM
Sunset
4:24 PM
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Myers Shores, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit with a 38% chance of precipitation at 6 PM.
L 76°H 88°
Fort Myers Shores, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    52%
    0.03″
    93°77°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    31%
    88°76°-5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    59%
    0.06″
    91°74°+3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    95°75°+4°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    45%
    0.01″
    95°73°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    32%
    0.06″
    96°75°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    40%
    94°76°-2°
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
130° · veering 91°
Direction
SE
130°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
15
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 15 @ 1:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 159SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.5
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 30.02 inHg
Now
1016.5
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
+0.1
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.21016.31016.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Air quality
32
AQI
Good
+7 in 6h

AQI 32 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise).

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

PM 2.5Good
3.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
61μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.6
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
47.1mi
UNLIMITED
76 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
22:56 UTC · Fort Myers Shores, 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
22:56 UTC · Fort Myers Shores, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Myers Shores, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:13 AM
Sunrise
2:38 AM
Daylight
13h 46m
Sunset
4:24 PM
Civil dusk
8:51 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Myers Shores, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:04 PM
Moonset
10:44 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Myers Shores, FL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Midyear heat — the wet season grip

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Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Myers Shores at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 85°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: January 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Fort Myers Shores

  1. Sat93°77°52%
  2. Sun88°76°31%
  3. Mon91°74°59%
  4. Tue95°75°47%
  5. Wed95°73°45%
  6. Thu96°75°32%
  7. Fri94°76°40%
  8. Sat92°74°49%
  9. Sun85°74°27%
  10. Mon90°75°40%
  11. Tue95°74°43%
  12. Wed95°78°55%
  13. Thu94°78°58%
  14. Fri93°78°47%
  15. Sat95°79°61%
  16. Sun93°78°71%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 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 — Fort Myers Shores

SPC includes Fort Myers Shores 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 Shores

  • 33905

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.