Temperature
46 F at 2 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 46F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Drummond Island Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Chippewa County, Michigan45°
52°/35°
Light rain·
Feels like 42°·Light breeze 6 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 88% around 4 AM.
Now. Drummond Island Airport is 45° and light rain at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
45feels42
76%
Today
Oct 16
5235
100%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5429
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
5940
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5943
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5940
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5942
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6144
23%
45°
52°35°
54°29°
59°40°
59°43°
59°40°
59°42°
61°44°
As of 3:00 AM in Drummond Island Airport, Michigan.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Drummond Island Airport
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.43in
- Last 3 days
- 0.56in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 77%
Visibility
How far you can see at Drummond Island Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DRM
- ICAO
- KDRM
- IATA
- DRE
- Field elevation
- 668 ft
- Serves
- Drummond Island
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DRM
- Wind now
- From 30° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 2,500 ft | 150 ft | Grass | 352° / 172° | 5 mph head, on 01 | 4 mph from the right |
| 08 / 26 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 72° / 252° | 4 mph head, on 08 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Drummond Island (DRM), Drummond Island Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 64 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north northeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.71 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.59 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.71inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.59inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 AM; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 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 200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.36 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.36in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Drummond Island: 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 Drummond Island 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/668 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-01 DetourMC074
Beside a road/16.6 mi away/607 ft/61 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Drummond 2.9 NEMI-CP-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/578 ft/90 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Detour VillageDTVM4
At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/568 ft/100 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 Detour Village (DTVM4), 8.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:16. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
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Near Drummond Island Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- De Tour Villagevillage, 8 mi
- Kincheloecommunity, 38 mi
- Rogers Citycity, 41 mi
- Cheboygancity, 43 mi
- Mackinac Islandcity, 44 mi
- Sault Ste. Mariecity, 44 mi
- Brimleycommunity, 48 mi
- St. Ignacecity, 48 mi
- Millersburgvillage, 49 mi
- Presque Isle Harborcommunity, 49 mi
- Mackinaw Citytown, 50 mi
- Straits of Mackinacfeature, 50 mi
Airports near Drummond Island Airport
- Chippewa County International AirportCIU, 38 mi
- Presque Isle County AirportPZQ, 42 mi
- Mackinac Island AirportMCD, 44 mi
- Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson FieldANJ, 44 mi
- Cheboygan County AirportSLH, 45 mi
- Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County AirportPLN, 59 mi
- Alpena County Regional AirportAPN, 65 mi
- Harbor Springs AirportMGN, 69 mi