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Arcadia, Michigan

Community in Manistee County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Arcadia

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 47 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good12.7 mi
  • Ozone24Good23 ppb10.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Arcadia

0.77 in in the last 24 hours, 0.92 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.77in
Last 3 days
0.92in

Visibility

How far you can see at Arcadia, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Arcadia, MichiganReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Arcadia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FrankfortFKS

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/633 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank346of 979

BenzoniaMC014

Beside a road/9.3 mi away/679 ft/77 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Beulah 7SSWBEUM4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/827 ft/225 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank95of 979

Bear Lake 4.7 NNEMI-MN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/900 ft/298 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Frankfort, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Arcadia, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Frankfort, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRANKFORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEFrankfort, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Frankfort: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. B THE AIR AT FRANKFORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEFrankfort, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Frankfort, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. C THE WIND AT FRANKFORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFrankfort, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Frankfort, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Beulah 7SSW (BEUM4), 5.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Arcadia

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Arcadia

River and lake gauges