Sanibel, FL Weather Forecast
Lee County, Florida
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Sanibel, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Sanibel, FL at a glance
Sanibel is home to about 6,328 people in Lee County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 208th by population of 275 places in Florida with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fort Myers Beach, 12 miles away.
- County
- Lee County
- Population
- 6,328 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 391
- Forecast point
- 26.4510°N, 82.1057°W
How well can the network see Sanibel?
The nearest Doppler radar is KTBW (Tampa, FL), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 8,000 ft above Sanibel. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Sanibel looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KFMY (Fort Myers/Page Fld). Far enough that current conditions for Sanibel are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Sanibel
- Fort Myers Beach, FL12 mi
- Cape Coral, FL15 mi
- Estero, FL19 mi
- Fort Myers, FL21 mi
- Bonita Springs, FL21 mi
- Naples, FL28 mi
- Punta Gorda, FL31 mi
- North Port, FL42 mi
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