Temperature
57 F at 2 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 57F
- 2 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 1 AM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hillsdale Municipal Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Hillsdale County, Michigan* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...In Indiana, Eastern St. Joseph IN, Elkhart, Marshall, and Western St. Joseph IN Counties. In Michigan, Branch, Cass MI, Hillsdale, and St. Joseph MI Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 9 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
55°
56°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Gentle breeze 13 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Hillsdale Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Hillsdale Municipal Airport is 55° and overcast at 2 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° 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 Thursday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Moderate
17Air quality
72%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
55feels55
15%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5650
75%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5232
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6033
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6435
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6838
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6841
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6941
mostly clear day
55°
56°50°
52°32°
60°33°
64°35°
68°38°
68°41°
69°41°
As of 2:00 PM in Hillsdale Municipal Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Hillsdale Municipal Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MI), 14 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
- Ozone17Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hillsdale Municipal Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 44%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hillsdale Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JYM
- ICAO
- KJYM
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,182 ft
- Serves
- Hillsdale
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JYM
- Wind now
- From 300° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 13:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 94° / 274° | 12 mph head, on 28 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hillsdale (JYM), Hillsdale Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 2 PM to 100% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 2 PM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the west northwest at 2 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 6 AM, with a gust of 29 mph at 3 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 6 AM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 2 PM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 2 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 9 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 200 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hillsdale: 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 Hillsdale 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 now3 instruments
HillsdaleJYM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,181 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-05 ColdwaterMC102
Beside a road/21.0 mi away/1,014 ft/168 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Adrian [CCOOP]ARNM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/29.3 mi away/738 ft/444 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hillsdale 2.5 ESEMI-HL-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,182 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HillsdaleHILM4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/1,079 ft/103 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Hillsdale Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hillsdalecity, 3 mi
- North Adamsvillage, 5 mi
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- Pittsfordcommunity, 7 mi
- Cambriacommunity, 8 mi
- Allenvillage, 10 mi
- Readingcity, 10 mi
- Litchfieldcity, 12 mi
- Hanovervillage, 13 mi
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- Addisonvillage, 13 mi
Airports near Hillsdale Municipal Airport
- Branch County Memorial AirportOEB, 24 mi
- Jackson County Airport/Reynolds FieldJXN, 24 mi
- Lenawee County AirportADG, 26 mi
- Brooks FieldRMY, 30 mi
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 43 mi
- Kirsch Municipal AirportIRS, 45 mi
- Mason Jewett FieldTEW, 45 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 47 mi