Temperature
46 F at 8 PM; 66 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 46 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 46F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Michigan
Medium airport in Kalamazoo County, Michigan* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
56°/50°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is 46° and mostly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
76%Humidity
72%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
46feels40
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5650
63%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5533
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6136
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6637
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6939
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6941
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7044
mostly clear day
46°
56°50°
55°33°
61°36°
66°37°
69°39°
69°41°
70°44°
As of 9:00 PM in Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Kalamazoo (MI), 17 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good3.3 mi
- Ozone17Good21 ppb3.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.74 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Last 3 days
- 0.74in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 55%
Visibility
How far you can see at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AZO
- ICAO
- KAZO
- IATA
- AZO
- Field elevation
- 874 ft
- Serves
- Kalamazoo
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- AZO
- Wind now
- From 350° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 19:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,438 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 10 mph head, on 05 | 14 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 | 2,800 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 3 mph head, on 27 | 17 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 6,502 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | 17 mph head, on 35 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kalamazoo (AZO), Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 3 PM to 98% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north at 8 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.23 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.50 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.23inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.14inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.50inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 8 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 500 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.32 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 9 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.32in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 9 AM
- Hours with some
- 19
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Kalamazoo: 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 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
KalamazooAZO
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/892 ft/18 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-05 GalesburgMC098
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/807 ft/67 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RAWS - BradleyBDLM4
A remote fire weather station/27.9 mi away/764 ft/110 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Portage 3.0 NMI-KZ-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/854 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Biol STNGLLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/912 ft/38 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 16 mi
- Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines AirportHAI, 19 mi
- Kirsch Municipal AirportIRS, 29 mi
- Brooks FieldRMY, 30 mi
- Branch County Memorial AirportOEB, 33 mi
- South Haven Area Regional AirportLWA, 37 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 44 mi
- Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR, 45 mi