Temperature
51 F at 5 PM; 67 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 50 F at its coolest, 3 PM.
- Now
- 51F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field, Michigan
Medium airport in Calhoun 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.
51°
56°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field is 51° and overcast at 6 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 32 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 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
77%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
51feels51
19%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5650
53%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5433
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6135
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6637
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6838
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6841
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7043
mostly clear day
51°
56°50°
54°33°
61°35°
66°37°
68°38°
68°41°
70°43°
As of 6:00 PM in Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Kalamazoo (MI), 15 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good15.1 mi
- Ozone19Good21 ppb15.1 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 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field
0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.21in
- Last 3 days
- 0.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 52%
Visibility
How far you can see at Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field, the next 45 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
- BTL
- ICAO
- KBTL
- IATA
- BTL
- Field elevation
- 952 ft
- Serves
- Battle Creek
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BTL
- Wind now
- From 350° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L / 23R | 10,004 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | 10 mph head, on 05L | 13 mph from the left |
| 05R / 23L | 4,100 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | 10 mph head, on 05R | 13 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 4,837 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 126° / 306° | 12 mph head, on 31 | 11 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Battle Creek (BTL), Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 1 PM to 98% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north at 6 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 43 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 5 PM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.23inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 9 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 9 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 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,500ft
- 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
0.22 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 22
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Battle Creek: 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 Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg 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
Battle CreekBTL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/951 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-05 GalesburgMC098
Beside a road/10.0 mi away/807 ft/145 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RAWS - BradleyBDLM4
A remote fire weather station/30.4 mi away/764 ft/188 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Battle Creek 0.5 NNWMI-CN-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/931 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Battle CreekBCKM4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/860 ft/92 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 Battle Creek (BCKM4), 3.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 20:33. measured daily
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Near Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Scottscommunity, 11 mi
- Comstock Northwestcommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field
- Brooks FieldRMY, 16 mi
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportAZO, 16 mi
- Branch County Memorial AirportOEB, 28 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 29 mi
- Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines AirportHAI, 30 mi
- Kirsch Municipal AirportIRS, 35 mi
- Jackson County Airport/Reynolds FieldJXN, 40 mi
- Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR, 42 mi