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Bessemer, Michigan

City in Gogebic County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Bessemer

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 71 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bessemer

0.93 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.93in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bessemer, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bessemer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WakefieldMC026

Beside a road/4.7 mi away/1,526 ft/74 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

IronwoodIWD

At an airfield/5.1 mi away/1,230 ft/222 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank302of 979

WakefieldWKFM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.0 mi away/1,506 ft/54 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank227of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Bessemer 1.1 ESEMI-GG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,645 ft/193 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

IronwoodIWOM4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/1,390 ft/62 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank94of 979

Station report

The weather at Ironwood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.1 mi from Bessemer, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Ironwood, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IWDFIG. A THE SKY OVER IRONWOODSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEIronwood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IWDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IWD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Ironwood: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IWDFIG. B THE AIR AT IRONWOODTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.0 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEIronwood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IWDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IWD-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 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ironwood, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IWDFIG. C THE WIND AT IRONWOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIronwood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IWDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IWD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ironwood (IWOM4), 4.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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

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Near Bessemer

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