Heat Advisory: Low Upper 70s Tonight; Upper 90s Tuesday
July 27, 2026
A heat advisory is in effect for Tuesday with a heat index up to 115 degrees.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 110. West wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78. West wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 86. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
Library Media Sale With Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, And More Continues Today
July 26, 2026
Sunday is the final day of The Friends of the West Florida Public Library Summer Media Sale this weekend.
The sale will take place Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Downtown Library, 239 North Spring Street in Pensacola. Admission is free.
The sale will include audiobooks, movies on DVD, music CDs and cassettes, and vinyl records in all genres. There will be a special area for DVD sets of television shows and jigsaw puzzles. Prices will range from $1 to $10.
Cash or credit cards are accepted.
Escambia Animal Shelter Offering Free Cat And Dog Adoptions Through Today
July 26, 2026
The Escambia County animal shelter is offering free adoptions for cats and dogs one year older through Sunday, July 26 in partnership with the Bissell Pet Foundation.
A $15 licensing fee will be applied to all adoptions for Escambia County residents. To see a full list of adoptable pets in Escambia County, visit 24petconnect.com.
The adoption fee for pets younger than one year old will be $50 for puppies and $25 for kittens.
The Escambia County Animal Welfare and Adoption Center is located at 200 W. Fairfield Drive. Hours of operation on Sunday are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It’s The First Weekend Of Florida’s Back To School Sales Tax Holiday (With List)
July 25, 2026
It’s the first weekend of Florida’s month-long back to school sales tax holiday.
Through August 20, consumers in Florida can purchase qualifying back to school supplies exempt from tax.
Sales Tax Holiday Included Items
During the Florida Back to School Sales Tax Holiday, which takes place annually from July 20 through August 20, the following items are exempt from Florida sales tax if they meet the specified price limits and other conditions:
Clothing, footwear, and accessories having a sales price of $100 or less per item, including:
- Shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, shorts, and other apparel
- Shoes, boots, sandals, and other footwear
- Accessories such as belts, hats, gloves, and scarves
Wallets and bags* having a sales price of $100 or less per item, including:
- Backpacks
- Diaper bags
- Fanny packs
- Handbags
*Briefcases, suitcases, and other garment bags are excluded.
School supplies having a sales price of $50 or less per item, including:
- Binders
- Cellophane tape
- Compasses
- Composition books
- Computer disks
- Construction paper
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Folders
- Glue or paste
- Legal pads
- Lunch boxes
- Markers
- Notebooks
- Notebook filler paper
- Pencils
- Pens
- Poster board
- Poster paper
- Protractors
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Staplers and staples used to secure paper products
Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles having a sales price of $30 or less:
- Flashcards or other learning cards
- Interactive or electronic books and toys intended to teach reading or math skills
- Matching or other memory games
- Puzzle books and search-and-find books
- Stacking or nesting blocks or sets
Personal computers or personal computer-related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use having a sales price of $1,500 or less
- Personal computers* include:
- Calculators
- Desktops
- Electronic book readers
- Handhelds
- Laptops
- Tablets
- Tower computers
*The term does not include cellular telephones, video game consoles, digital media receivers, or devices that are not primarily designed to process data.
Personal computer-related accessories*+ include:
- Keyboards
- Mice
- Modems
- Monitors
- Nonrecreational software
- Other peripheral devices
- Personal digital assistants
- Routers
*The listed accessories are tax-exempt regardless of whether they are used in association with a personal computer base unit.
+ The term does not include furniture or systems, devices, software, monitors with a television tuner, or peripherals that are designed or intended primarily for recreational use.
The sales tax holiday does not apply to the rental or repair of any of the qualifying items. Additionally, the sales tax holiday does not apply to sales in a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment or airport.
Highs Around 95 This Weekend; Hotter Next Week
July 25, 2026
The heat will continue to build this weekend and into early and middle parts of the upcoming week with some locations nearing or breaking daily record highs. Heat advisories or excessive heat warnings will likely be necessary for portions of the area. Daily, mainly afternoon and evening scattered t-storm chances increases middle to later parts of the upcoming week, but will still remain hot.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 95. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 96. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. West wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. West wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 98.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 77.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.
Sunny And Hot Through The Weekend
July 24, 2026
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 106. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 95. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Monday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 77. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 78.
Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95.
West Roberts Road Lane Closures Will Extended Beyond Friday Target Date
July 23, 2026
A $4.6 million West Roberts Road widening and drainage improvement project is continuing.
Work was expected to be complete by this Friday, July 24, on the most recent phase of the project that began June 2 with lane closures between Stallion Road and State Road.
Wednesday afternoon, Escambia County confirmed that the work will be extended past Friday, and the county is waiting on an updated timeline from the contractor.
The widening and drainage improvements are along a 1.75-mile stretch of West Roberts from the Highway 29 intersection west to the southern turn to Sutton Place. The project will widen the roadway to two 12-foot-wide travel lanes with 5-foot-wide shoulders from Pine Forest Road to Highway 29. The roadway from the southern turn to Pine Forest will be resurfaced and striped.
The $4,635,298.30 project being funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was awarded to contractor C.W. Roberts, Inc.
Pictured: Lane closures on West Roberts Road at Stallion Road as seen Tuesday evening, July 21. NorthEscambia.com photo.
Sunshine Returns For Thursday
July 23, 2026
Tropical Storm Bertha has moved on, making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday. Sunshine returns for our Thursday and continues into the weekend.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 4pm. Sunny, with a high near 90. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest in the evening.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. West wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 77. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78.
Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Slight Rain Chances Tonight; Sunshine Returning Thursday
July 22, 2026
Tropical Storm Bertha moved into Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon, reducing impacts on our local weather. There is still a high rip current risk at Northwest Florida beaches.
For the latest on Tropical Storm Bertha, click here.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 4pm. Sunny, with a high near 90. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest in the evening.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. West wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 77.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78.
Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 78.
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Wednesday Updates: Tropical Storm Bertha
July 22, 2026
Tropical Storm Bertha continues move west across the Gulf. The latest information is in the graphics on this page.
