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Belding, Michigan

City in Ionia County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Belding

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 31 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good23.7 mi
  • Ozone18Good15 ppb10.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good23.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.4 ppb23.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb23.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm23.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Belding

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 0.38 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.35in
Last 3 days
0.38in

Visibility

How far you can see at Belding, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Belding, 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

IoniaY70

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/818 ft/43 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank296of 979

M57Mm0320MC146

Beside a road/15.0 mi away/794 ft/19 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Belding 0.4 WNWMI-IN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/820 ft/45 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Ionia 3WIOAM4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/804 ft/29 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank81of 979

Station report

The weather at Ionia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Belding, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, overcast at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ionia, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y70FIG. A THE SKY OVER IONIASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIonia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y70TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y70-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Ionia: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y70FIG. B THE AIR AT IONIATHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEIonia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y70TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y70-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ionia, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y70FIG. C THE WIND AT IONIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIonia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y70TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y70-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ionia 3W (IOAM4), 9.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:07. measured daily

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