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Bendon, Michigan

Community in Benzie County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Bendon

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 25 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb13.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bendon

0.78 in in the last 24 hours, 0.84 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.78in
Last 3 days
0.84in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bendon, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bendon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MI-02 InterlochenMC079

Beside a road/1.5 mi away/928 ft/67 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Traverse CitTVC

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/623 ft/238 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank21of 979

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/15.6 mi away/942 ft/81 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank284of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Interlochen 2.3 NWMI-GT-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/864 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Maple City 1EMAPM4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 mi away/843 ft/18 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank557of 979

Station report

The weather at Traverse Cit, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Bendon, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Traverse Cit, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER TRAVERSE CITSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETraverse Cit, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Traverse Cit: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. B THE AIR AT TRAVERSE CITTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 52.0 F, 50.0 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 POINTTITLETraverse Cit, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Traverse Cit, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVCFIG. C THE WIND AT TRAVERSE CITPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETraverse Cit, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Maple City 1E (MAPM4), 14.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

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