Temperature
56 F at 4 AM; 62 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 50 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 56F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Michigan
Large airport in Kent County, Michigan57°
55°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 16 mph W
Now. Gerald R. Ford International Airport is 57° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:45 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
57feels57
18%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5550
51%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5433
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6039
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6539
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6840
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6842
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6845
mostly clear day
57°
55°50°
54°33°
60°39°
65°39°
68°40°
68°42°
68°45°
As of 4:00 AM in Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 12 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good10.5 mi
- Ozone17Good15 ppb10.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good10.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb10.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb10.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gerald R. Ford International Airport
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Last 3 days
- 0.24in
Visibility
How far you can see at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GRR
- ICAO
- KGRR
- IATA
- GRR
- Field elevation
- 794 ft
- Serves
- Grand Rapids
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GRR
- Wind now
- From 290° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:31
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08L / 26R | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 81° / 261° | 14 mph head, on 26R | 8 mph from the right |
| 08R / 26L | 10,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 81° / 261° | 14 mph head, on 26L | 8 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 8,501 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 171° / 351° | 8 mph head, on 35 | 14 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grand Rapids (GRR), Gerald R. Ford International 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 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 12 PM Thursday to 96% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.75 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.75inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 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 500 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.21 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.21in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Grand Rapids: 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 Gerald R. Ford International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Grand RapidsGRR
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/787 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I96Mm0457MC153
Beside a road/1.6 mi away/741 ft/53 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RAWS - BradleyBDLM4
A remote fire weather station/18.8 mi away/764 ft/30 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grand Rapids WFOGRRM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/778 ft/16 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Grand Rapids 8.0 ESEMI-KN-117
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/722 ft/72 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 Grand Rapids WFO (GRRM4), 1.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Gerald R. Ford International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Forest Hillscommunity, 4 mi
- Kentwoodcity, 5 mi
- Caledoniavillage, 6 mi
- East Grand Rapidscity, 6 mi
- Cutlervillecommunity, 8 mi
- Wyomingcity, 9 mi
- Grand Rapidscity, 9 mi
- Lowellcity, 9 mi
- Byron Centercommunity, 11 mi
- Northviewcommunity, 12 mi
- Cannonsburgski area, 12 mi
- Middlevillevillage, 12 mi
Airports near Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport8D4, 19 mi
- Ionia County AirportY70, 24 mi
- West Michigan Regional AirportBIV, 31 mi
- Muskegon County AirportMKG, 41 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 42 mi
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 42 mi
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportAZO, 45 mi
- Fremont Municipal AirportFFX, 45 mi