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Cedar Springs, Michigan

City in Kent County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Cedar Springs

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 26 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good17.4 mi
  • Ozone23Good17 ppb7.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good17.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.3 ppb17.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb17.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm17.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cedar Springs

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cedar Springs, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cedar Springs, 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

US131Mm1047MC151

Beside a road/1.3 mi away/886 ft/30 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Sparta8D4

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/748 ft/108 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank696of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Cedar Springs 0.9 NNWMI-KN-136

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/867 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RockfordRFDM4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/713 ft/143 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sparta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Cedar Springs, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sparta, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8D4FIG. A THE SKY OVER SPARTASECTION, 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 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESparta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 8D4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8D4-1DRAWN 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 48.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Sparta: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8D4FIG. B THE AIR AT SPARTATHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLESparta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8D4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8D4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sparta, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, 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 8D4FIG. C THE WIND AT SPARTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESparta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8D4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8D4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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