| National Weather Service Forecast for:
Sanibel, FL Issued by: National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area/Ruskin, FL |
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| Updated: Thu, 15-Oct-2026 3:21pm EDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This Afternoon |
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 5pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 100. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. |
| Tonight |
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. East wind 7 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. |
| Friday |
Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 87. Heat index values as high as 99. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. |
| Friday Night |
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms between 2am and 3am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. |
| Saturday |
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. |
| Saturday Night |
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. North northeast wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. |
| Sunday |
Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Northeast wind 24 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
| Sunday Night |
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northeast wind 23 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
| Monday |
Isolated rain showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Northeast wind 24 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. |
| Monday Night |
Isolated rain showers before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 20%. |
| Tuesday |
Sunny, with a high near 84. |
| Tuesday Night |
Mostly clear, with a low around 72. |
| Wednesday |
Sunny, with a high near 84. |
| Wednesday Night |
Mostly clear, with a low around 72. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Sanibel, FL.
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