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Coldwater, Michigan

City in Branch County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Coldwater

Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kalamazoo (MI), 17 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Coldwater

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at Coldwater, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Coldwater, 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

ColdwaterOEB

At an airfield/2.8 mi away/958 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank211of 979

MI-05 ColdwaterMC102

Beside a road/4.6 mi away/1,014 ft/48 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Quincy 0.3 NEMI-BH-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/1,016 ft/50 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank580of 979

Station report

The weather at Coldwater, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Coldwater, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Coldwater, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OEBFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLDWATERSECTION, 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 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColdwater, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OEBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Coldwater: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OEBFIG. B THE AIR AT COLDWATERTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEColdwater, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OEBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEB-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 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Coldwater, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 15 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OEBFIG. C THE WIND AT COLDWATERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColdwater, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OEBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Coldwater State School (CDWM4), 1.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

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