Twin LakesMC008
Beside a road/9.5 mi away/1,190 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Santa Monica Beach, Michigan
Beach in Ontonagon County, Michigan43°
47°/31°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Light breeze 5 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 2 AM (93%).
Now. Santa Monica Beach is 43° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible Thursday (33%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 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 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
93%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
43feels41
93%
Today
Oct 16
4731
100%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5528
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6436
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6139
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6434
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6738
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6546
33%
43°
47°31°
55°28°
64°36°
61°39°
64°34°
67°38°
65°46°
As of 2:00 AM in Santa Monica Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Santa Monica Beach
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 45 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Santa Monica Beach
0.38 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.38in
- Last 3 days
- 0.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 58%
Visibility
How far you can see at Santa Monica Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 323°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45006, 45.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- NNE (30°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft at 8 s from N
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 4 s from NNE
- Water
- 51 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:40 AM
- Distance
- 45.2 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 1:40 AM | 2.0 ft | - | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NE (39°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (134°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | SE (143°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (145°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (128°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (136°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (147°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
Beach
- County
- Ontonagon County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 47.0052° N
- Longitude
- 88.9629° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Santa Monica Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW1950GW1950
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.2 mi away/614 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
OntonagonOTNM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.5 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
HancockCMX
At an airfield/25.0 mi away/1,070 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Twin Lakes 0.2 SWMI-HG-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/1,218 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Greenland 6NGNLM4
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/794 ft/- ft from 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 Santa Monica Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Painesdalecommunity, 14 mi
- Trimountaincommunity, 15 mi
- South Rangevillage, 16 mi
- Greenlandcommunity, 17 mi
- Atlantic Minecommunity, 17 mi
- Mass Citycommunity, 18 mi
- Ontonagonvillage, 19 mi
- Dodgevillecommunity, 19 mi
- Hancockcity, 19 mi
- Hurontowncommunity, 20 mi
- Pelkiecommunity, 20 mi
- Houghtoncity, 20 mi
Beaches near Santa Monica Beach
- Agate Beach3 mi
- Freda Sands10 mi
- Stamp Sand14 mi
- Ontonagon Township Park Beach18 mi
- Hancock Beach Park19 mi
- Breakers Beach22 mi
- Sandy Bottom Beach Park23 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach28 mi