HollandNDBC-HLNM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ottawa Beach, Michigan
Beach in Ottawa County, Michigan63°
57°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 11 mph WSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 1 PM (57%).
Now. Ottawa Beach is 63° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 11 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
93%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
63feels63
18%
Today
Oct 16
5748
94%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5636
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6342
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6742
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6842
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6847
10%
63°
57°48°
56°36°
60°41°
63°42°
67°42°
68°42°
68°47°
As of 1:00 AM in Ottawa Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Ottawa Beach
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 24 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate3.2 mi
- Ozone17Good18 ppb3.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good19.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.2 ppb3.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ottawa Beach
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 91%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ottawa Beach, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 253°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Ottawa County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 42.7753° N
- Longitude
- 86.2109° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Ottawa Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW1266FW1266
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/579 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MI-03 HollandMC097
Beside a road/5.0 mi away/692 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
HollandBIV
At an airfield/6.1 mi away/682 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Holland 5.5 WNWMI-OW-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/613 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HollandHOLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/604 ft/- ft from 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 Holland (HOLM4), 5.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Ottawa Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Beechwoodcommunity, 5 mi
- Hollandcity, 5 mi
- Saugatuckcity, 8 mi
- Douglascity, 9 mi
- Zeelandcity, 10 mi
- Fennvillecity, 14 mi
- Hudsonvillecity, 19 mi
- Grand Havencity, 19 mi
- Allendalecommunity, 20 mi
- Spring Lakevillage, 21 mi
- Jenisoncommunity, 21 mi
- Ferrysburgcity, 21 mi
Beaches near Ottawa Beach
- Macatawa Park Beachunder 1 mi
- Spyglass Beachunder 1 mi
- Sunset Bluff Beach1 mi
- Idlewood Beach1 mi
- Tunnel Park2 mi
- Tennessee Beach3 mi
- Laketown Township Park & Beach3 mi
- Riley Beach4 mi