Temperature
68 F at 2 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kirsch Municipal Airport, Michigan
Small airport in St. Joseph County, Michigan68°
57°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 9 mph W
Now. Kirsch Municipal Airport is 68° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
68feels68
16%
Today
Oct 16
5750
88%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5435
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6235
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6638
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6941
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7042
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7045
mostly clear day
68°
57°50°
54°35°
62°35°
66°38°
69°41°
70°42°
70°45°
As of 2:00 AM in Kirsch Municipal Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Kirsch Municipal Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Kalamazoo (MI), 22 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kirsch Municipal Airport
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 1.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 2%
Visibility
How far you can see at Kirsch Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IRS
- ICAO
- KIRS
- IATA
- IRS
- Field elevation
- 924 ft
- Serves
- Sturgis
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IRS
- Wind now
- From 280° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:16
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,201 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 360° / 180° | 1 mph head, on 01 | 8 mph from the left |
| 06 / 24 | 3,601 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 58° / 238° | 6 mph head, on 24 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sturgis/Kirsch (IRS), Kirsch Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 11 AM Thursday to 98% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.73 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.47 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.73inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.47inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 10 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 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sturgis/Kirsch: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Kirsch Municipal 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/925 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-05 ConstantineMC075
Beside a road/11.5 mi away/810 ft/114 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Colon 0.8 WMI-SJ-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.2 mi away/864 ft/60 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Three RiversTRVM4
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/801 ft/123 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 Kirsch Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sturgiscity, 1 mi
- Burr Oakvillage, 7 mi
- Centrevillevillage, 9 mi
- White Pigeonvillage, 11 mi
- Colonvillage, 12 mi
- Constantinevillage, 12 mi
- Bronsoncity, 13 mi
- Mendonvillage, 14 mi
- Three Riverscity, 14 mi
- Sherwoodvillage, 17 mi
- Athensvillage, 21 mi
- Vicksburgvillage, 22 mi
Airports near Kirsch Municipal Airport
- Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines AirportHAI, 13 mi
- Branch County Memorial AirportOEB, 22 mi
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportAZO, 29 mi
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 35 mi
- Brooks FieldRMY, 39 mi
- Hillsdale Municipal AirportJYM, 45 mi
- Southwest Michigan Regional AirportBEH, 55 mi
- South Haven Area Regional AirportLWA, 56 mi