CharlevoixCVX
At an airfield/1.0 mi away/669 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake Michigan Beach, Michigan
Beach in Charlevoix County, Michigan48°
53°/42°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 46°·Light breeze 5 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 79% around 4 AM.
Now. Lake Michigan Beach is 48° and light drizzle at 1 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 4 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
48feels46
72%
Today
Oct 16
5342
100%
26mph
Sat
Oct 17
5637
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
6145
23mph
Mon
Oct 19
6148
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6445
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6645
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6549
21%
48°
53°42°
56°37°
61°45°
61°48°
64°45°
66°45°
65°49°
As of 1:00 AM in Lake Michigan Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Lake Michigan Beach
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 30 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Michigan Beach
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.43in
- Last 3 days
- 0.57in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 75%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Michigan Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 326°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45002, 55.6 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (105°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 5 s from E
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 60 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 55.6 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12:20 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (107°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (110°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (124°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (141°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (126°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (126°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | E (90°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | NE (50°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (22°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (24°) |
Beach
- County
- Charlevoix County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 45.3175° N
- Longitude
- 85.2661° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Lake Michigan Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
CharlevoixMC019
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/587 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW3642CW3642
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/753 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Grand Traverse LightGTLM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.7 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Gaylord 9 SSW54854
At a climate reference station/39.3 mi away/1,461 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
CharlevoixCHRM4
At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/568 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Charlevoix 4.3 SSEMI-CX-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/772 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Charlevoix (CHRM4), 0.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lake Michigan Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Charlevoixcity, under 1 mi
- Irontoncommunity, 6 mi
- Bay Shorecommunity, 8 mi
- Norwoodcommunity, 9 mi
- Horton Baycommunity, 10 mi
- Ellsworthvillage, 10 mi
- Advancecommunity, 12 mi
- Little Traverse Bayfeature, 13 mi
- East Jordancity, 13 mi
- Boyne Citycity, 14 mi
- Eastportcommunity, 15 mi
- Harbor Springstown, 15 mi
Beaches near Lake Michigan Beach
- Depot Beach Park1 mi
- Eastern Avenue Beach Park2 mi
- Peninsula Beach14 mi
- Zorn Park Beach15 mi
- Torch Bay Beach17 mi
- Christmas Cove Beach21 mi
- Beaver Island Public Beach23 mi
- Richardi Park Beach24 mi