Citizen station GW1950GW1950
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/614 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Stamp Sand, Michigan
Beach in Houghton County, Michigan43°
48°/32°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 34°·Fresh breeze 21 mph N
Now. Stamp Sand is 43° and mostly cloudy at 2 PM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 21 mph, gusting to 36 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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.
2UV Low
2Air quality
68%Humidity
78%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
43feels34
21mph
Today
Oct 16
4832
81%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5531
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6138
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5940
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6036
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6440
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6246
21%
43°
48°32°
55°31°
61°38°
59°40°
60°36°
64°40°
62°46°
As of 2:00 PM in Stamp Sand, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Stamp Sand
Index 2, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 50 miles off.
2Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stamp Sand
0.75 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.75in
- Last 3 days
- 0.75in
Visibility
How far you can see at Stamp Sand, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 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, 49.8 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior
- Wave height
- 6.9 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- NNE (30°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from NNE
- Wind waves
- 6.6 ft at 7 s from NNE
- Water
- 50 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:40 PM
- Distance
- 49.8 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 PM | 6.9 ft | 7 s | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (33°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 6.9 ft | - | NE (35°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 6.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (23°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 7.5 ft | 7 s | NNE (22°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 6.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | NE (37°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (27°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Houghton County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 47.1543° N
- Longitude
- 88.7651° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Stamp Sand, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Pilgrim River At Paradise Rd Nr Dodgeville04043016
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.2 mi away/600 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
HancockCMX
At an airfield/13.0 mi away/1,070 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CalumetMC030
Beside a road/15.1 mi away/1,171 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/3.8 mi away/973 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/1,155 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 Hancock - Quincy Hill (QNCM4), 8.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Near Stamp Sand
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Atlantic Minecommunity, 7 mi
- South Rangevillage, 8 mi
- Hancockcity, 8 mi
- Trimountaincommunity, 8 mi
- Painesdalecommunity, 9 mi
- Houghtoncity, 9 mi
- Hurontowncommunity, 10 mi
- Dodgevillecommunity, 10 mi
- Mont Ripleyski area, 10 mi
- Keweenaw Peninsulafeature, 10 mi
- Dollar Baycommunity, 13 mi
- Chassellcommunity, 14 mi
Beaches near Stamp Sand
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- Hancock Beach Park7 mi
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- Sandy Bottom Beach Park13 mi
- Santa Monica Beach14 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach14 mi
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