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Freda Sands, Michigan

Beach in Houghton County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Freda Sands

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 49 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Freda Sands

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
2.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Freda Sands, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat
Freda Sands from its sand, nowLooking NW from the sand at 12:21 AM, night, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.290300310NW320Facing NW 304°Wind 3 mphfrom N, onshore
Looking NW from the sand at 12:21 AM, night, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing NW 304°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45006, 47.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
51 °F
Read
Thu 11:20 PM
Distance
47.3 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoon0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:20 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 10:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 3:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 PM1.0 ft4 sSE (135°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.3 ft4 sSE (136°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.6 ft4 sSE (132°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.3 ft4 sESE (105°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (134°)
Thu 9:50 AM1.6 ft4 sSE (143°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.0 ft3 sSE (145°)
Thu 7:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (128°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSSE (147°)
Thu 3:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (133°)
Thu 2:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 1:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 12:50 AM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
Houghton County
State
Michigan
Latitude
47.1242° N
Longitude
88.8338° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Freda Sands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW1950GW1950

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/614 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

HancockCMX

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,070 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Twin LakesMC008

Beside a road/16.6 mi away/1,190 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Atlantic Mine 3.9 NWMI-HG-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/973 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Hancock - Quincy HillQNCM4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/1,155 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hancock - Quincy Hill (QNCM4), 12.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

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