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East Lansing, Michigan

City in Ingham County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at East Lansing

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lansing (MI), 13 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good4.5 mi
  • Ozone17Good11 ppb4.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good4.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.2 ppb4.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at East Lansing

0.32 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.32in
Last 3 days
0.36in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Lansing, the next 43 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 2 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest East Lansing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LansingLAN

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/866 ft/16 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank16of 979

I96Mm0760MC149

Beside a road/23.5 mi away/761 ft/89 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

East Lansing 1.4 ENEMI-IH-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/856 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lansing, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from East Lansing, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:17 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lansing, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LANFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANSINGSECTION, 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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELansing, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LANTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lansing: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LANFIG. B THE AIR AT LANSINGTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLELansing, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LANTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lansing, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LANFIG. C THE WIND AT LANSINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELansing, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LANTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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