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Dearborn Heights, Michigan

City in Wayne County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Dearborn Heights

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 12 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good3.9 mi
  • Ozone24Good23 ppb7.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good6.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.9 ppb3.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb7.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0 ppm3.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dearborn Heights

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dearborn Heights, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dearborn Heights, 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

Detroit/WayneDTW

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/640 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 979

M-9MC133

Beside a road/7.2 mi away/587 ft/38 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Dearborn Heights 1.3 WSWMI-WY-86

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/626 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DearbornDRBM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/617 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank175of 979

Station report

The weather at Detroit/Wayne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Dearborn Heights, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Detroit/Wayne, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTWFIG. A THE SKY OVER DETROIT/WAYNESECTION, 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 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEDetroit/Wayne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DTWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Detroit/Wayne: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTWFIG. B THE AIR AT DETROIT/WAYNETHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEDetroit/Wayne, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Detroit/Wayne, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 16 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 DTWFIG. C THE WIND AT DETROIT/WAYNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDetroit/Wayne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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