In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/757 ft/14 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (58%).
Now. Dowagiac is 55° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 18 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Dowagiac, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Southwest (MI), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 2 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Dowagiac, MichiganReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Dowagiac, 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 now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/757 ft/14 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MI-05 EdwardsburgMC101
Beside a road/13.6 mi away/846 ft/75 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/19.2 mi away/627 ft/144 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St JosephSJOM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.3 mi away/587 ft/184 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
DowagiacDWGM4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/741 ft/30 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Dowagiac 7.9 NNWMI-CS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/817 ft/46 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 19.2 mi from Dowagiac, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
56.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.
From the west (280 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.
The full report of Benton Harbor, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.