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Huron County Memorial Airport, Michigan

Small airport in Huron County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Huron County Memorial Airport

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 33 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone21Good21 ppb17.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Huron County Memorial Airport

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Huron County Memorial Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
BAX
ICAO
KBAX
IATA
-
Field elevation
763 ft
Serves
Bad Axe
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
BAX
Wind now
From 200° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 223,495 ft75 ftAsphalt28° / 208°13 mph head, on 222 mph from the left
17 / 355,000 ft75 ftAsphalt165° / 345°11 mph head, on 177 mph from the right
042217352,000 ftN200° 13 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Bad Axe (BAX), Huron County Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

57 F at 1 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.

Now
57F
1 AM
Highest
57F
1 AM
Lowest
51F
3 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Bad Axe, temperature from 51.2 to 56.6, the latest 56.6; dew point from 44.6 to 56.0, the latest 56.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF40455055603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 56 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 10 AM Thursday to 98% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
56F
1 AM
Humidity now
98%
Humidity, range
71 to 98%
Relative humidity at Bad Axe, relative humidity from 71 to 98, the latest 98, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

12 mph from the south southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 AM.

Now
12mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
14mph
12 AM
Highest gust
22mph
12 AM
Wind at Bad Axe, wind from 2 to 14, the latest 12, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Bad Axe, wind direction from 40 to 270, the latest 200, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.60 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.16 inHg over 3 hours; 0.64 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.60inHg
1 AM
3 hours
-0.16inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.64inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Bad Axe, pressure, altimeter from 29.60 to 30.24, the latest 29.60, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.2030.403 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 5 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.

Now
5mi
Lowest
5mi
7 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Bad Axe, visibility from 5.0 to 10.0, the latest 5.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
1 AM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Bad Axe, lowest cloud base from 400 to 2,800, the latest 400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.10 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Wettest hour
0.03in
11 PM Thursday
Hours with some
6
Precipitation at Bad Axe, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.03, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Bad Axe: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Huron County Memorial 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 now2 instruments

Bad AxeBAX

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/768 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bad Axe 0.5 SSWMI-HR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/748 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Bad AxeBDAM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/748 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bad Axe (BDAM4), 2.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:35. measured daily

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