Temperature
61 F at 3 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 48 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 1 AM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ionia County Airport, Michigan
Small airport in Ionia County, Michigan61°
57°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Fresh breeze 21 mph WSW
Now. Ionia County Airport is 61° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Fresh breeze from the west-southwest at 21 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 45° 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 Thursday, 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 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
61feels61
21mph
Today
Oct 16
5750
64%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5432
10%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6237
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6639
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6840
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6841
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6944
mostly clear day
61°
57°50°
54°32°
62°37°
66°39°
68°40°
68°41°
69°44°
As of 3:00 AM in Ionia County Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Ionia County Airport
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lansing (MI), 21 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
- Ozone17Good9 ppb24.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ionia County Airport
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ionia County Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- Y70
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 818 ft
- Serves
- Ionia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- Y70
- Wind now
- From 260° at 23 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 23 mph head, on 27 | 4 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 4,261 ft | 340 ft | Grass | 179° / 359° | 4 mph head, on 18 | 23 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ionia (Y70), Ionia County 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 77% at 11 AM Thursday to 100% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the west southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.68 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.68inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.55inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 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 500 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.19 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ionia: 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 Ionia County 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
IoniaY70
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/818 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I96Mm0760MC149
Beside a road/9.2 mi away/761 ft/57 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Alma [CCOOP]ALMM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.6 mi away/768 ft/50 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ionia 3WIOAM4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/804 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Saranac 2.6 NEMI-IN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/667 ft/151 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Ionia 3W (IOAM4), 4.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:07. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AlpenacityAlpine Valleyski areaBeaver IslandfeatureBellairetownBig Powderhornski areaBittersweetski areaBoyne FallstownBoyne Mountainski areaCaberfae Peaksski areaCadillaccityCannonsburgski areaCharlevoixcityCopper HarbortownCrystal Mountainski areaDetroitcityEscanabacityFrankforttownGaylordcityGrand RapidscityGrand Traverse BayfeatureGravelly Shoal LighthouselighthouseGraylingcityHarbor SpringstownHermantownHollandcityHoughtoncityHoughton LaketownIron MountaincityIronwoodcityKalamazoocityKeweenaw PeninsulafeatureLake MichiganfeatureLake SuperiorfeatureLittle Traverse BayfeatureLudingtoncityMackinaw CitytownManisteecityManistiquecityMarquettecityMarquette Mountainski areaMenomineecityMont Ripleyski areaMount Bohemiaski areaMt Brightonski areaMt Hollyski areaMunisingtownMuskegoncityNewberrytownNub's Nobski areaPellstontownPetoskeycityPine Knobski areaPine Mountainski areaPorcupine MountainsfeatureSault Ste. MariecityShanty Creekski areaSki Bruleski areaSnowriverski areaSouth HaventownSt. JosephcityStraits of MackinacfeatureSwiss Valleyski areaThe Highlandsski areaThompsonvilletownTraverse CitycityTreetopsski area
Near Ionia County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ioniacity, 3 mi
- Lyonsvillage, 7 mi
- Muirvillage, 8 mi
- Saranacvillage, 8 mi
- Portlandcity, 9 mi
- Lake Odessavillage, 11 mi
- Clarksvillevillage, 11 mi
- Pewamovillage, 12 mi
- Palocommunity, 13 mi
- Sunfieldvillage, 13 mi
- Westphaliavillage, 13 mi
- Beldingcity, 14 mi
Airports near Ionia County Airport
- Gerald R. Ford International AirportGRR, 24 mi
- Capital Region International AirportLAN, 26 mi
- Fitch H Beach AirportFPK, 28 mi
- Gratiot Community AirportAMN, 33 mi
- Paul C. Miller-Sparta Airport8D4, 34 mi
- Mason Jewett FieldTEW, 41 mi
- Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg FieldBTL, 45 mi
- Owosso Community AirportRNP, 47 mi