Temperature
52 F at 12 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 52F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Gladwin County, Michigan52°
56°/45°
Light rain·
Feels like 52°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (71%).
Now. Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport is 52° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 AM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
52feels52
71%
Today
Oct 16
5645
52%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5627
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6533
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6736
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6936
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6837
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7039
13%
52°
56°45°
56°27°
65°33°
67°36°
69°36°
68°37°
70°39°
As of 12:00 AM in Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Mt Pleasant (MI), 36 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.43in
- Last 3 days
- 0.58in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 74%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GDW
- ICAO
- KGDW
- IATA
- GDW
- Field elevation
- 776 ft
- Serves
- Gladwin
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GDW
- Wind now
- From 50° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,699 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 2 mph head, on 09 | 2 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 unlit | 2,580 ft | 150 ft | Grass | 162° / 342° | 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 Gladwin (GDW), Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.68 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.68inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.56inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 11 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 300 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.56 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.56in
- Wettest hour
- 0.11in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Gladwin: 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 Gladwin Zettel Memorial 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 now3 instruments
GladwinGDW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/768 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alger RAWSAGRM4
A remote fire weather station/20.6 mi away/771 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
West BranchMC023
Beside a road/22.6 mi away/977 ft/201 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
GladwinGLAM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/807 ft/31 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Beaverton 4.7 SEMI-GL-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/702 ft/74 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 Gladwin (GLAM4), 1.3 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Near Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport
- Jack Barstow AirportIKW, 24 mi
- West Branch Community AirportY31, 24 mi
- Mount Pleasant Municipal AirportMOP, 27 mi
- Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial AirportHTL, 29 mi
- MBS International AirportMBS, 36 mi
- Gratiot Community AirportAMN, 46 mi
- Saginaw County H.W. Browne AirportHYX, 48 mi
- Grayling Army Air FieldGOV, 51 mi