Temperature
43 F at 12 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 36 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 43F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 48F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 36F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field, Michigan
Small airport in Chippewa County, Michigan43°
48°/38°
Light rain·
Feels like 39°·Light breeze 6 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 100% around 4 AM.
Now. Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field is 43° and light rain at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 45° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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 10 hours 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
97%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
43feels39
94%
Today
Oct 16
4838
100%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5227
14%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5839
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6144
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6239
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6140
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6244
28%
43°
48°38°
52°27°
58°39°
61°44°
62°39°
61°40°
62°44°
As of 1:00 AM in Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Eastern Upper Peninsula (MI), 68 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field
0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 2.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.54in
- Last 3 days
- 2.55in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 21%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ANJ
- ICAO
- KANJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 716 ft
- Serves
- Sault Ste Marie
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ANJ
- Wind now
- Variable at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,234 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sault Ste Marie (ANJ), Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 1 PM Thursday to 96% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.80 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.47 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.80inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.11inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.47inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 AM
- 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 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.58 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.58in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sault Ste Marie: 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 Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/715 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
DafterMC041
Beside a road/7.9 mi away/689 ft/27 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rudyard RAWSRYDM4
A remote fire weather station/17.8 mi away/692 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sault Ste MarieSSMM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/614 ft/102 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sault Ste. Marie 2.2 EMI-CP-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/600 ft/116 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sault Ste Marie (SSMM4), 1.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sault Ste. Mariecity, 2 mi
- Brimleycommunity, 11 mi
- Kincheloecommunity, 15 mi
- De Tour Villagevillage, 40 mi
- Mackinac Islandcity, 45 mi
- St. Ignacecity, 46 mi
- Straits of Mackinacfeature, 49 mi
- Mackinaw Citytown, 51 mi
- Newberrytown, 55 mi
- Carp Lakecommunity, 57 mi
- Cheboygancity, 58 mi
- Naubinwaycommunity, 58 mi
Airports near Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson Field
- Chippewa County International AirportCIU, 17 mi
- Drummond Island AirportDRM, 44 mi
- Mackinac Island AirportMCD, 44 mi
- Luce County AirportERY, 53 mi
- Cheboygan County AirportSLH, 57 mi
- Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County AirportPLN, 66 mi
- Welke Airport6Y8, 76 mi
- Harbor Springs AirportMGN, 77 mi