Temperature
46 F at 7 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Delta County Airport, Michigan
Medium airport in Delta County, Michigan45°
51°/35°
Light rain·
Feels like 40°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNW
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 9 AM.
Now. Delta County Airport is 45° and light rain at 8 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
45feels40
67%
Today
Oct 16
5135
86%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5930
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6234
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6337
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6437
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6441
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6546
23%
45°
51°35°
59°30°
62°34°
63°37°
64°37°
64°41°
65°46°
As of 8:00 AM in Delta County Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Delta County Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Kewaunee-Door (WI), 68 miles off.
20Good
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Delta County Airport
0.67 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.67in
- Last 3 days
- 0.67in
Visibility
How far you can see at Delta County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ESC
- ICAO
- KESC
- IATA
- ESC
- Field elevation
- 609 ft
- Serves
- Escanaba
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ESC
- Wind now
- From 310° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,016 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 1° / 181° | 6 mph head, on 01 | 7 mph from the left |
| 10 / 28 | 6,498 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 7 mph head, on 28 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Escanaba (ESC), Delta County 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 71% at 11 AM Thursday to 100% at 5 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northwest at 8 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.30 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.30inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 7 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 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.50 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.50in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 18
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Escanaba: 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 Delta County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
EscanabaESC
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/614 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
EscanabaESAM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.3 mi away/614 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MI-01 EscanabaMC106
Beside a road/5.0 mi away/650 ft/41 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Escanaba 4.1 NNWMI-DL-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/719 ft/110 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Gladstone No. 2GLDM4
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/728 ft/119 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Delta County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Escanabacity, 2 mi
- Gladstonecity, 9 mi
- Rapid Rivercommunity, 15 mi
- Powersvillage, 21 mi
- Carneyvillage, 24 mi
- Rockcommunity, 24 mi
- Hermansvillecommunity, 25 mi
- Gardenvillage, 26 mi
- Daggettvillage, 31 mi
- Stephensoncity, 33 mi
- Norwaycity, 40 mi
- Gwinncommunity, 42 mi
Airports near Delta County Airport
- Marquette Sawyer Regional AirportSAW, 46 mi
- Schoolcraft County AirportISQ, 47 mi
- Menominee-Marinette Twin County AirportMNM, 49 mi
- Ford AirportIMT, 50 mi
- Beaver Island AirportSJX, 73 mi
- Welke Airport6Y8, 76 mi
- Frankfort Dow Memorial FieldFKS, 87 mi
- Luce County AirportERY, 88 mi