Ochopee, FL Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (34141)
Feels Like 91°F
Current Weather
Feels Like 91°F
Forecast at a Glance
This Date in Weather History
1894 - A heavy chicken house, sixteen by sixteen feet in area, was picked up by a tornado and wedged between two trees. The hens were found the next day sitting on their eggs in the chicken house, with no windows broken, as though nothing had happened.
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Ochopee 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Sunday Sep 21
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Mostly sunny. High near 92, with temperatures falling to around 88 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 101. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Northeast wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Sep 22
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny. High near 91, with temperatures falling to around 86 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 100. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Tuesday Sep 23
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Northeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Sep 24
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. North wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Northeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Sep 25
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Northwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Friday Sep 26
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Sep 27
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 7:14 AM
Sunset 7:24 PM
Last Light 7:47 PM
Moonset 7:25 PM
Close Tide Stations
Everglades City, Barron River
(6.2 miles away)
Chokoloskee
(7.5 miles away)
Contiguous United States Extremes
Sat's High Temperature
105 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ
Sun's Low Temperature
22 at East Haven, VT
Weather Folklore
Trout jump high when a rain is nigh.
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About Ochopee, Florida
Ochopee is an unincorporated community in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is located to the east of the intersection of US 41 and State Road 29, near Carnestown. The community is part of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The community got its name when a visitor to the general store asked the owner what the place was called. A native man was trading in the store that day so the owner asked him the Seminole word for farm. The farmer replied, "O-Chopp-ee".
Ochopee began as a one-family tomato-farming community in the early 1920s. James Gaunt bought 240 acres (97 ha) of land along U.S. Highway 41 for $100 per acre, and started with only army tents. A community called Ochopee grew up around Gaunt's tomato farm.
After the original post office burned down, residents used an old storage shed to house mail. Now the Ochopee Post Office, it is the smallest in the nation. It continues as an active post office and sometime tourist attraction.
The original farm and settlement were gradually absorbed by the federal government as part of a movement to conserve the Everglades. A few small businesses remain, along with the headquarters of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Jeff Whichello, a native of the area, has written a book about his childhood called What Happened to Ochopee?
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