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Crystal, Michigan

Community in Montcalm County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Crystal

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Mt Pleasant (MI), 26 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crystal

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

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crystal, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Crystal, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

M57Mm0320MC146

Beside a road/5.9 mi away/794 ft/8 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

AlmaAMN

At an airfield/12.4 mi away/754 ft/48 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank250of 979

Alma [CCOOP]ALMM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.3 mi away/768 ft/34 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank220of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Ionia 3WIOAM4

At a cooperative observer's station/21.7 mi away/804 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank81of 979

Station report

The weather at Alma, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Crystal, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Alma, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AMNFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALMASECTION, 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 SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlma, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AMNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AMN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Alma: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 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 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AMNFIG. B THE AIR AT ALMATHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 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 POINTTITLEAlma, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AMNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AMN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alma, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AMNFIG. C THE WIND AT ALMAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlma, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AMNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AMN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ionia 3W (IOAM4), 21.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:07. measured daily

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Near Crystal

River and lake gauges