Temperature
50 F at 11 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Frankfort Dow Memorial Field, Michigan
Small airport in Benzie County, Michigan50°
59°/37°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 49°·Light air 3 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 83% around 10 AM.
Now. Frankfort Dow Memorial Field is 50° and light drizzle at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
94%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
50feels49
75%
Today
Oct 15
5937
100%
Fri
Oct 16
5639
99%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5837
27%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6042
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
6145
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6442
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6642
mostly clear day
50°
59°37°
56°39°
58°37°
60°42°
61°45°
64°42°
66°42°
As of 11:00 PM in Frankfort Dow Memorial Field, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Frankfort Dow Memorial Field
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 40 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good22.4 mi
- Ozone18Good17 ppb4.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Frankfort Dow Memorial Field
0.75 in in the last 24 hours, 2.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.75in
- Last 3 days
- 2.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 34%
Visibility
How far you can see at Frankfort Dow Memorial Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FKS
- ICAO
- KFKS
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 633 ft
- Serves
- Frankfort
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FKS
- Wind now
- From 30° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 4,050 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | 1 mph head, on 33 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Frankfort (FKS), Frankfort Dow Memorial Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 1 PM to 100% at 6 PM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the north northeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.73 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.73inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.10inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.51inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 6 PM; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 6 PM
- 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 600 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 7 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.64 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 5 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.64in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 5 PM
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Frankfort: 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 Frankfort Dow Memorial 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
FrankfortFKS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/633 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
BenzoniaMC014
Beside a road/5.7 mi away/679 ft/46 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
The Bear RAWSSBDM4
A remote fire weather station/14.3 mi away/942 ft/309 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
FrankfortFRKM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/827 ft/194 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Frankfort 3.9 EMI-BZ-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/591 ft/42 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Frankfort (FRKM4), 1.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Frankfort Dow Memorial Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Elbertavillage, 2 mi
- Frankforttown, 2 mi
- Pilgrimcommunity, 4 mi
- Benzoniavillage, 5 mi
- Beulahvillage, 5 mi
- Crystal Downs Country Clubcommunity, 6 mi
- Honorvillage, 9 mi
- Arcadiacommunity, 9 mi
- Crystal Mountaincommunity, 13 mi
- Crystal Mountainski area, 13 mi
- Bear Lakevillage, 14 mi
- Empirevillage, 15 mi
Airports near Frankfort Dow Memorial Field
- Manistee County Blacker AirportMBL, 24 mi
- Cherry Capital AirportTVC, 31 mi
- Wexford County AirportCAD, 45 mi
- Mason County AirportLDM, 47 mi
- Antrim County AirportACB, 55 mi
- Charlevoix Municipal AirportCVX, 65 mi
- Roben Hood AirportRQB, 71 mi
- Grayling Army Air FieldGOV, 72 mi