Temperature
61 F at 12 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 49 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 49F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Capital Region International Airport, Michigan
Medium airport in Clinton County, Michigan62°
56°/51°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 14 mph SSW
Now. Capital Region International Airport is 62° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 2 AM. 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 Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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.
0UV Low
28Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
62feels62
24%
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5651
50%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5333
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6236
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6639
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6740
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6841
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6844
mostly clear day
62°
56°51°
53°33°
62°36°
66°39°
67°40°
68°41°
68°44°
As of 1:00 AM in Capital Region International Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Capital Region International Airport
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lansing (MI), 7 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good1.9 mi
- Ozone19Good18 ppb1.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good1.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.6 ppb1.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb1.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Capital Region International Airport
0.67 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.67in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 93%
Visibility
How far you can see at Capital Region International Airport, the next 44 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LAN
- ICAO
- KLAN
- IATA
- LAN
- Field elevation
- 861 ft
- Serves
- Lansing
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LAN
- Wind now
- From 210° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,003 ft | 120 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 53° / 233° | 14 mph head, on 24 | 6 mph from the left |
| 10L / 28R | 3,601 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 7 mph head, on 28R | 13 mph from the left |
| 10R / 28L | 8,506 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 7 mph head, on 28L | 13 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lansing (LAN), Capital Region International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 60 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 1 PM Thursday to 95% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 60F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.67 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.67inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.10inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.56inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 9 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 12 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.46 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.38 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.46in
- Wettest hour
- 0.38in
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lansing: 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 Capital Region International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Lansing 4.5 NNWMI-IH-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/846 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grand River 1 NW Grand LedgeGDLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/833 ft/28 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 Capital Region International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Edgemont Parkcommunity, 2 mi
- Waverlycommunity, 4 mi
- DeWittcity, 4 mi
- Lansingcity, 5 mi
- East Lansingcity, 6 mi
- Wacoustacommunity, 7 mi
- Bathcommunity, 7 mi
- Grand Ledgecity, 8 mi
- Haslettcommunity, 8 mi
- Okemoscommunity, 9 mi
- Dimondalevillage, 10 mi
- Holtcommunity, 10 mi
Airports near Capital Region International Airport
- Mason Jewett FieldTEW, 17 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 18 mi
- Ionia County AirportY70, 26 mi
- Owosso Community AirportRNP, 27 mi
- Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy AirportOZW, 32 mi
- Jackson County Airport/Reynolds FieldJXN, 36 mi
- Gratiot Community AirportAMN, 38 mi
- Brooks FieldRMY, 41 mi