Temperature
60 F at 2 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 60F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 11 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
West Michigan Regional Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Allegan County, Michigan61°
57°/48°
Light rain·
Feels like 61°·Moderate breeze 16 mph W
Now. West Michigan Regional Airport is 61° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west at 16 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 2 AM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 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
42Air quality
86%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
61feels61
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5748
95%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5636
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6342
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6742
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6842
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6847
10%
61°
57°48°
56°36°
60°41°
63°42°
67°42°
68°42°
68°47°
As of 2:00 AM in West Michigan Regional Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at West Michigan Regional Airport
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 20 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good2.7 mi
- Ozone14Good13 ppb2.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good16.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.5 ppb2.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at West Michigan Regional Airport
0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.37in
- Last 3 days
- 0.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 93%
Visibility
How far you can see at West Michigan Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BIV
- ICAO
- KBIV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 698 ft
- Serves
- Holland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BIV
- Wind now
- From 270° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:04
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 6,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 80° / 260° | 17 mph head, on 26 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Holland (BIV), West Michigan Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 56 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 11 AM Thursday to 96% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 56F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.72 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.50 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.72inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.50inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 8 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 500 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.40 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.22 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.40in
- Wettest hour
- 0.22in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Holland: 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 West Michigan Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
HollandBIV
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/682 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-03 HollandMC097
Beside a road/0.8 mi away/692 ft/6 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RAWS - BradleyBDLM4
A remote fire weather station/24.1 mi away/764 ft/66 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Holland 0.6 NWMI-OW-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/617 ft/81 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HollandHOLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/604 ft/94 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Holland (HOLM4), 4.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
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Near West Michigan Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near West Michigan Regional Airport
- South Haven Area Regional AirportLWA, 28 mi
- Muskegon County AirportMKG, 30 mi
- Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR, 31 mi
- Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport8D4, 34 mi
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportAZO, 45 mi
- Southwest Michigan Regional AirportBEH, 45 mi
- Fremont Municipal AirportFFX, 48 mi
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 53 mi