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Covington, Michigan

Community in Baraga County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Covington

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 8 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Covington

0.52 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.52in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

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

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Covington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MI-01 CovingtonMC063

Beside a road/8.7 mi away/1,506 ft/114 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

CovingtonCOVM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/1,693 ft/73 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Crystal Falls 20.5 NMI-IR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.9 mi away/1,527 ft/93 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station SANDSTONE, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 31.1 mi from Covington, Michigan. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station SANDSTONE, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SANDSTONEFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION SANDSTONEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station SANDSTONE, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP SANDSTONETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SANDSTONE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 644 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.23 inHg and the temperature at 56.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.86 inHg means its barometer reads 29.17 inHg; it reports 47.0 F, 9.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station SANDSTONE stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 644 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.23 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.86 and the station pressure it means, 29.17.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SANDSTONEFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION SANDSTONE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION SANDSTONE2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT644 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.23 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.86 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.17 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED47.0 FTITLECitizen station SANDSTONE, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP SANDSTONETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SANDSTONE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 34 degrees above the horizon at 46.98 N, and the day is 10 h 41 min long. Level ground there takes 56 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station SANDSTONE, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 34 degrees above the horizon, against 66 at the June solstice, 43 at the equinoxes and 20 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 41 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SANDSTONEFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION SANDSTONEELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 66°EQUINOXES 43°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 20°OCT 16, 34°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 41 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 56 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 46.98 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station SANDSTONE, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP SANDSTONETYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SANDSTONE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station SANDSTONE, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Michigan

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