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East Grand Rapids, Michigan

City in Kent County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at East Grand Rapids

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Grand Rapids (MI), 9 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good4.4 mi
  • Ozone25Good24 ppb4.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good4.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.8 ppb4.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb4.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm4.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at East Grand Rapids

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

Last 24 hours
0.61in
Last 3 days
0.61in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Grand Rapids, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over East Grand Rapids, MichiganReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Grand Rapids, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

M6Mm0127MC154

Beside a road/6.5 mi away/745 ft/3 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

East LansingWSOM4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/746 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Grand Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from East Grand Rapids, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grand Rapids, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRRFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND RAPIDSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrand Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GRRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Grand Rapids: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRRFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND RAPIDSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEGrand Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GRRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand Rapids, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GRRFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GRRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GRR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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