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Benton Heights, Michigan

Community in Berrien County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Benton Heights

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwest (MI), 15 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good13 ppb7.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Benton Heights

0.89 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.89in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Benton Heights, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Benton Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MI-05 Benton HarborMC094

Beside a road/2.8 mi away/689 ft/59 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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St JosephSJOM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/587 ft/43 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank702of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Benton HarborBEHM4

At a harbour/0.8 mi away/641 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Benton Harbor, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.9 mi from Benton Heights, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:04 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Benton Harbor, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEHFIG. A THE SKY OVER BENTON HARBORSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBenton Harbor, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BEHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BEH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 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 Benton Harbor: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 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 BEHFIG. B THE AIR AT BENTON HARBORTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 65.0 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 POINTTITLEBenton Harbor, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BEHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BEH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Benton Harbor, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEHFIG. C THE WIND AT BENTON HARBORPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBenton Harbor, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BEHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BEH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Benton Heights

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