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Weather in Homestead, Florida

Flowers spill across the islands. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Homestead, FL
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
82
°
Overcast
Feels like
88°
Humidity
70%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
6:35 AM
Sunset
8:00 PM
Homestead, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
86°
7p
84°
8p
82°
9p
81°
10p
79°
11p
76°
12a
76°
1a
76°
2a
76°
3a
73°
4a
73°
5a
70°
6a
69°
7a
74°
8a
80°
9a
85°
10a
87°
11a
89°
12p
92°
1p
92°
2p
93°
3p
92°
4p
90°
5p
91°
6p
L 69°H 93°
Homestead, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Thunderstorm
    92°70°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Thunderstorm
    15%
    88°76°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Thunderstorm
    30%
    86°73°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Heavy Drizzle
    18%
    86°78°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Drizzle
    16%
    86°76°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    20%
    87°77°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    29%
    86°77°
Homestead, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
102° · veering 154°
Direction
ESE
102°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
21
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 21 @ 7:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 154° from the ese.
Homestead, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.4
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 30.04 inHg
Now
1017.4
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
0.0
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161019
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Homestead, FL
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
5.1 μg/m³
PM 10
7.1 μg/m³
NO₂
1.7 μg/m³
Ozone
90.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.2 Low
Homestead, FL
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:12 AM
Sunrise
6:35 AM
Daylight
13h 25m
Sunset
8:00 PM
Civil dusk
12:26 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Homestead, FL
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:03 AM
Moonset
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Homestead, FL
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Flowers spill across the islands

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Homestead at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: January 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of May 16, 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.

ZIP codes in Homestead

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.