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Birmingham, Michigan

City in Oakland County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Birmingham

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 8 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good5.5 mi
  • Ozone21Good23 ppb5.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good16.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.1 ppb11 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb16.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0 ppm11 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Birmingham

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Birmingham, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Birmingham, 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

TroyVLL

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/728 ft/35 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 979

I75N at CrooksMC141

Beside a road/4.8 mi away/817 ft/54 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Birmingham 0.3 NNEMI-OK-146

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/796 ft/33 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Pontiac WWTPPONM4

At a water treatment plant/7.0 mi away/867 ft/104 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank632of 979

Station report

The weather at Troy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Birmingham, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,000 ft, broken at 3,900 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Troy, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLLFIG. A THE SKY OVER TROYSECTION, 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 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 3,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETroy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Troy: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLLFIG. B THE AIR AT TROYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLETroy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Troy, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLLFIG. C THE WIND AT TROYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETroy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pontiac WWTP (PONM4), 7.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

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