Fog in Homestead, FL

daily fog outlook & 2016–2026 climatology
No fog signal in NWS guidance for the next 48 hours. dense fog (visibility under a mile) is rare here in August.forecast cycle 2026-08-16T00:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Measured at Homestead Air Reserve Base (KHST). This station is in forecast verification — percentages publish when it clears the accuracy bar.

Measuring station

stationairportfog hours/yrforecast
KHSTHomestead Air Reserve Base15 h/yrverifying

Fog is measured where instruments live — airports. Hours/yr = time below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), the aviation definition of seriously dense fog.

When Homestead fogs in

Fog here concentrates in February and December — about 15 hours in a typical year at KHST, usually lasting ~1 h once it forms. Hour-by-hour patterns, live conditions and the forecast strip live on the KHST station page.

Fog season

January: ~2 hJanFebruary: ~3 hFebMarch: ~2 hMarApril: ~0 hAprMay: ~1 hMayJune: ~1 hJunJuly: ~0 hJulAugust: ~0 hAugSeptember: ~0 hSepOctober: ~1 hOctNovember: ~1 hNovDecember: ~3 hDec
Fog season runs December through March, peaking in February; fog is mostly a 3 AM–7 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 8 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

Machine access: data.json · llms.txt · forecast verification. Not for operational use.