Temperature
46 F at 11 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 44 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 10 AM
- Lowest
- 44F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mackinac Island Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Michigan47°
54°/40°
Light rain·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 15 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM (100%).
Now. Mackinac Island Airport is 47° and light rain at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-southeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
47feels41
100%
15mph
Today
Oct 15
5440
100%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5040
100%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5433
11%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
5945
23mph
Mon
Oct 19
5948
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6044
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6145
mostly clear day
47°
54°40°
50°40°
54°33°
59°45°
59°48°
60°44°
61°45°
As of 11:00 PM in Mackinac Island Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Mackinac Island Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Upper Peninsula (MI), 58 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mackinac Island Airport
0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.35in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 51%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mackinac Island Airport, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MCD
- ICAO
- KMCD
- IATA
- MCD
- Field elevation
- 739 ft
- Serves
- Mackinac Island
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MCD
- Wind now
- From 90° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 3,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 75° / 255° | 16 mph head, on 08 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mackinac Island (MCD), Mackinac Island Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 10 AM to 100% at 11 PM.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the east at 11 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 11 PM, with a gust of 28 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 11 PM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.78 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.78inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.12inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.48inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 9 PM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 9 PM
- 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 300 ft at 9 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.25 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 10 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.25in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 10 PM
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mackinac Island: 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 Mackinac Island 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/741 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St. IgnaceMC012
Beside a road/5.6 mi away/603 ft/136 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rudyard RAWSRYDM4
A remote fire weather station/26.7 mi away/692 ft/47 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
St. Ignace 0.6 WSWMI-MC-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/701 ft/38 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CheboyganCHBM4
At a cooperative observer's station/16.7 mi away/577 ft/162 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Cheboygan (CHBM4), 16.7 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Mackinac Island Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mackinac Islandcity, 1 mi
- St. Ignacecity, 4 mi
- Straits of Mackinacfeature, 6 mi
- Mackinaw Citytown, 7 mi
- Carp Lakecommunity, 13 mi
- Cheboygancity, 17 mi
- Leveringcommunity, 17 mi
- Pellstontown, 23 mi
- Cross Villagecommunity, 24 mi
- Brutuscommunity, 27 mi
- Kincheloecommunity, 29 mi
- Alansonvillage, 30 mi
Airports near Mackinac Island Airport
- Cheboygan County AirportSLH, 16 mi
- Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County AirportPLN, 22 mi
- Chippewa County International AirportCIU, 27 mi
- Harbor Springs AirportMGN, 33 mi
- Welke Airport6Y8, 44 mi
- Drummond Island AirportDRM, 44 mi
- Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport Sanderson FieldANJ, 44 mi
- Beaver Island AirportSJX, 46 mi