Temperature
45 F at 3 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 45F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 48F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ford Airport, Michigan
Medium airport in Dickinson County, Michigan44°
49°/34°
Overcast·
Feels like 40°·Light breeze 8 mph NNW
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 74% around 5 AM.
Now. Ford Airport is 44° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 46° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 28° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:42 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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
19Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
44feels40
46%
Today
Oct 16
4934
60%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5825
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6433
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6635
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6734
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6736
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6844
23%
44°
49°34°
58°25°
64°33°
66°35°
67°34°
67°36°
68°44°
As of 3:00 AM in Ford Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Ford Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods East (WI), 46 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ford Airport
0.69 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.69in
- Last 3 days
- 0.69in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ford Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IMT
- ICAO
- KIMT
- IATA
- IMT
- Field elevation
- 1,182 ft
- Serves
- Kingsford
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- IMT
- Wind now
- From 310° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:17
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 6,502 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 8° / 188° | 4 mph head, on 01 | 7 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 3,810 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | 8 mph head, on 31 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Iron Mountain (IMT), Ford Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 4 AM Thursday to 96% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 81 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 3 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.83 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.40 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.83inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.40inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 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 400 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.75 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.75in
- Wettest hour
- 0.13in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Iron Mountain: 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 Ford 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,145 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RAWS - RandvilleRANM4
A remote fire weather station/12.8 mi away/1,240 ft/58 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MI-01 HermansvilleMC064
Beside a road/21.3 mi away/981 ft/201 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Iron Mountain 1.6 SWMI-DC-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,144 ft/38 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Iron MountainIRNM4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/1,050 ft/132 ft below 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 Ford Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kingsfordcity, 2 mi
- Pine Mountainski area, 2 mi
- Iron Mountaincity, 2 mi
- Quinneseccommunity, 6 mi
- Norwaycity, 10 mi
- Alphavillage, 20 mi
- Crystal Fallscity, 22 mi
- Hermansvillecommunity, 26 mi
- Gaastracity, 29 mi
- Powersvillage, 30 mi
- Caspiancity, 30 mi
- Iron Rivercity, 31 mi
Airports near Ford Airport
- Delta County AirportESC, 50 mi
- Marquette Sawyer Regional AirportSAW, 50 mi
- Menominee-Marinette Twin County AirportMNM, 53 mi
- Schoolcraft County AirportISQ, 94 mi
- Houghton County Memorial AirportCMX, 95 mi
- Gogebic Iron County AirportIWD, 108 mi
- Beaver Island AirportSJX, 123 mi
- Frankfort Dow Memorial FieldFKS, 124 mi