Temperature
48 F at 12 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 48F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 89% around 3 AM.
Now. Charlevoix Municipal Airport is 48° and light drizzle at 12 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 4 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Charlevoix Municipal Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 29 miles off.
Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 1,280 ft | 200 ft | Grass | 45° / 225° | 5 mph head, on 04 | None |
| 09 / 27 | 4,549 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 85° / 265° | 4 mph head, on 09 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Charlevoix (CVX), Charlevoix Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
48 F at 12 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.74 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.52 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 6 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.39 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Charlevoix: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Charlevoix Municipal 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 now4 instruments
CharlevoixCVX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/669 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CharlevoixMC019
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/587 ft/82 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Grand Traverse LightGTLM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/568 ft/101 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Gaylord 9 SSW54854
At a climate reference station/38.9 mi away/1,461 ft/792 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
CharlevoixCHRM4
At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/568 ft/101 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Charlevoix 4.3 SSEMI-CX-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/772 ft/103 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Charlevoix (CHRM4), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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