Weather in Lake Placid, Florida
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lake Placid, FL
Saturday, May 16 at 11:55 PM
88
°
Overcast
Feels like
90°
Humidity
45%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Sunset
8:07 PM
Lake Placid, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
88°
7p
85°
8p
83°
9p
79°
10p
77°
11p
76°
12a
77°
1a
73°
2a
72°
3a
72°
4a
72°
5a
73°
6a
70°
7a
74°
8a
78°
9a
81°
10a
85°
11a
87°
12p
87°
1p
91°
2p
93°
3p
92°
4p
90°
5p
89°
6p
Lake Placid, FL
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle14%96°72°
- SundayMay 17Showers20%95°76°
- MondayMay 18Overcast33%93°75°
- TuesdayMay 19Drizzle34%90°71°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle34%88°72°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast35%95°71°
- FridayMay 22Overcast41%95°71°
Lake Placid, FL
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Lake Placid, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ESE
107° · steady
Direction
ESE
107°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
28
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Lake Placid, FL
Air quality
55
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 8.0 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 94.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Lake Placid, FL
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:12 AM
Sunrise
6:36 AM
Daylight
13h 31m
Sunset
8:07 PM
Civil dusk
12:33 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lake Placid, FL
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:03 AM
- Moonset
- —
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Lake Placid, FL
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
weather
Lake Placid at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: January 30 (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.