Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (92%).
Now. Gogebic Iron County Airport is 44° and light rain at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 38° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible Thursday (33%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:47 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 54 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Gogebic Iron County Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 70 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.76 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,502 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 7 mph head, on 27 | 12 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Ironwood (IWD), Gogebic Iron County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 10 PM Thursday; 50 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 46 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 9 AM Thursday to 100% at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.88 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.67 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ironwood: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Gogebic Iron County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
IronwoodIWD
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,230 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
WakefieldMC026
Beside a road/9.2 mi away/1,526 ft/296 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WakefieldWKFM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.6 mi away/1,506 ft/276 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ironwood 4.5 NMI-GG-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,250 ft/20 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
IronwoodIWOM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/1,390 ft/160 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Ironwood (IWOM4), 1.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.