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Battle Creek, Michigan

City in Calhoun County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Battle Creek

Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kalamazoo (MI), 15 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good17.6 mi
  • Ozone13Good9 ppb17.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Battle Creek

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at Battle Creek, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Battle Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Battle CreekBTL

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/951 ft/27 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 979

MI-05 MarshallMC100

Beside a road/10.2 mi away/938 ft/14 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

RAWS - BradleyBDLM4

A remote fire weather station/32.3 mi away/764 ft/160 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank240of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Battle Creek 1.3 ENEMI-CN-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/943 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Battle CreekBCKM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/860 ft/64 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank648of 979

Station report

The weather at Battle Creek, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Battle Creek, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Battle Creek, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTLFIG. A THE SKY OVER BATTLE CREEKSECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEBattle Creek, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BTLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Battle Creek: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTLFIG. B THE AIR AT BATTLE CREEKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEBattle Creek, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Battle Creek, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BTLFIG. C THE WIND AT BATTLE CREEKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBattle Creek, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BTLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BTL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Battle Creek (BCKM4), 1.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 20:33. measured daily

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