Temperature
55 F at 4 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 49 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 55F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 63F
- 1 AM
- Lowest
- 49F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Kent County, Michigan56°
56°/49°
Overcast·
Feels like 56°·Gentle breeze 10 mph W
Now. Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport is 56° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 4 AM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
56feels56
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5649
49%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5432
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6038
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6539
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6839
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6941
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6944
partly cloudy day
56°
56°49°
54°32°
60°38°
65°39°
68°39°
69°41°
69°44°
As of 4:00 AM in Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 18 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good10 mi
- Ozone17Good15 ppb10 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good10 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb10 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb10 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 8D4
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 775 ft
- Serves
- Sparta
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 8D4
- Wind now
- From 300° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 4,033 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 62° / 242° | 4 mph head, on 25 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sparta (8D4), Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 12 PM Thursday to 92% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the west northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.74 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.47 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.74inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.47inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.24 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sparta: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sparta8D4
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/748 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US131Mm0946MC152
Beside a road/3.6 mi away/781 ft/6 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RAWS - BradleyBDLM4
A remote fire weather station/34.5 mi away/764 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sparta 3.3 ESEMI-KN-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/737 ft/38 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RockfordRFDM4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/713 ft/62 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Michigan
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Near Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Spartavillage, 3 mi
- Rockfordcity, 6 mi
- Comstock Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Northviewcommunity, 7 mi
- Kent Cityvillage, 7 mi
- Cedar Springscity, 9 mi
- Casnoviavillage, 9 mi
- Walkercity, 10 mi
- Cannonsburgski area, 10 mi
- Grand Rapidscity, 11 mi
- Cannonsburgcommunity, 12 mi
- East Grand Rapidscity, 13 mi
Airports near Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport
- Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR, 19 mi
- Fremont Municipal AirportFFX, 27 mi
- Muskegon County AirportMKG, 28 mi
- Ionia County AirportY70, 34 mi
- West Michigan Regional AirportBIV, 34 mi
- Roben Hood AirportRQB, 42 mi
- Gratiot Community AirportAMN, 52 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 58 mi