Temperature
57 F at 5 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 52 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 57F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 1 AM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Brooks Field, Michigan
Small airport in Calhoun County, Michigan57°
57°/49°
Light rain·
Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 14 mph W
Now. Brooks Field is 57° and light rain at 5 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
57feels57
26%
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5749
54%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5432
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6133
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6635
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6837
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6939
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6941
mostly clear day
57°
57°49°
54°32°
61°33°
66°35°
68°37°
69°39°
69°41°
As of 5:00 AM in Brooks Field, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Brooks Field
Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Kalamazoo (MI), 19 miles off.
9Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Brooks Field
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 23%
Visibility
How far you can see at Brooks Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RMY
- ICAO
- KRMY
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 941 ft
- Serves
- Marshall
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RMY
- Wind now
- From 270° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 3,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 97° / 277° | 14 mph head, on 28 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Marshall (RMY), Brooks Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 55 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 1 PM Thursday to 98% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the west at 5 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.77 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.77inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 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 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Marshall: 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 Brooks Field, 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 now2 instruments
MarshallRMY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/942 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MI-05 MarshallMC100
Beside a road/3.9 mi away/938 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Marshall 0.7 NWMI-CN-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/910 ft/31 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MarshallMARM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/876 ft/65 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 Brooks Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Marshallcity, 2 mi
- Albioncity, 10 mi
- Brownlee Parkcommunity, 11 mi
- Homervillage, 11 mi
- Tekonshavillage, 11 mi
- Burlingtonvillage, 12 mi
- Battle Creekcity, 13 mi
- Olivetcity, 13 mi
- Bellevuevillage, 14 mi
- Springfieldcity, 16 mi
- Union Cityvillage, 16 mi
- Springportvillage, 16 mi
Airports near Brooks Field
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 16 mi
- Branch County Memorial AirportOEB, 23 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 24 mi
- Jackson County Airport/Reynolds FieldJXN, 25 mi
- Hillsdale Municipal AirportJYM, 30 mi
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportAZO, 30 mi
- Mason Jewett FieldTEW, 35 mi
- Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines AirportHAI, 38 mi