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Copper City, Michigan

Village in Houghton County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Copper City

Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 57 miles off.

6Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Copper City

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

Last 24 hours
0.81in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Copper City, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Copper City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CalumetMC030

Beside a road/5.6 mi away/1,171 ft/293 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

HancockCMX

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/1,070 ft/192 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank631of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Ahmeek 0.1 EMI-KW-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/871 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank698of 979

KearsargeKSGM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,118 ft/240 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank92of 979

Station report

The weather at Hancock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Copper City, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,300 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Hancock, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMXFIG. A THE SKY OVER HANCOCKSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEHancock, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CMXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMX-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 41.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Hancock: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMXFIG. B THE AIR AT HANCOCKTHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEHancock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hancock, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMXFIG. C THE WIND AT HANCOCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHancock, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kearsarge (KSGM4), 1.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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