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Empire, Michigan

Village in Leelanau County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Empire

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 29 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone16Good18 ppb13.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Empire

0.80 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.80in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Empire, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Empire, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

The Bear RAWSSBDM4

A remote fire weather station/0.7 mi away/942 ft/324 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank284of 979

Maple CityMC045

Beside a road/8.0 mi away/922 ft/304 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

FrankfortFKS

At an airfield/14.6 mi away/633 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank346of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Maple City 1EMAPM4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/843 ft/225 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank557of 979

Lake Ann 0.6 ENEMI-BZ-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.4 mi away/886 ft/268 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Frankfort, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Empire, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Frankfort, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRANKFORTSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEFrankfort, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Frankfort: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. B THE AIR AT FRANKFORTTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEFrankfort, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Frankfort, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKSFIG. C THE WIND AT FRANKFORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFrankfort, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Maple City 1E (MAPM4), 11.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Empire

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Empire

River and lake gauges