Temperature
61 F at 2 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 11 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
South Haven Area Regional Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Van Buren County, Michigan61°
60°/48°
Light rain·
Feels like 61°·Moderate breeze 14 mph W
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 1 PM (56%).
Now. South Haven Area Regional Airport is 61° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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
16Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
61feels61
14mph
Today
Oct 16
6048
95%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5838
16%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6340
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6541
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6843
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7043
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7047
11%
61°
60°48°
58°38°
63°40°
65°41°
68°43°
70°43°
70°47°
As of 2:00 AM in South Haven Area Regional Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at South Haven Area Regional Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southwest (MI), 21 miles off.
16Good
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Haven Area Regional Airport
0.45 in in the last 24 hours, 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.45in
- Last 3 days
- 0.49in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at South Haven Area Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LWA
- ICAO
- KLWA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 666 ft
- Serves
- South Haven
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LWA
- Wind now
- From 270° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,800 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | 9 mph head, on 23 | 10 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 3,260 ft | 190 ft | Grass | 133° / 313° | 10 mph head, on 32 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from South Haven (LWA), South Haven Area Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 11 AM Thursday to 90% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 11 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.75 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.75inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 8 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 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.49 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.41 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.49in
- Wettest hour
- 0.41in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
South Haven: 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 South Haven Area Regional 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
South HavenLWA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/666 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-05 South HavenMC099
Beside a road/3.7 mi away/663 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
St JosephSJOM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.3 mi away/587 ft/79 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Haven 2.5 SSEMI-VB-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/647 ft/19 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Benton HarborBEHM4
At a harbour/17.4 mi away/641 ft/25 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 South Haven Area Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- South Haventown, 4 mi
- Bangorcity, 8 mi
- Breedsvillevillage, 9 mi
- Paw Paw Lakecommunity, 10 mi
- Lake Michigan Beachcommunity, 11 mi
- Hartfordcity, 11 mi
- Watervlietcity, 11 mi
- Colomacity, 12 mi
- Lawrencevillage, 14 mi
- Bloomingdalevillage, 15 mi
- Millburgcommunity, 16 mi
- Benton Heightscommunity, 18 mi
Airports near South Haven Area Regional Airport
- Southwest Michigan Regional AirportBEH, 18 mi
- West Michigan Regional AirportBIV, 28 mi
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportAZO, 37 mi
- Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines AirportHAI, 43 mi
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 51 mi
- Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR, 52 mi
- Kirsch Municipal AirportIRS, 56 mi
- Muskegon County AirportMKG, 57 mi