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Ferndale, Michigan

City in Oakland County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Ferndale

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 12 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good2.2 mi
  • Ozone20Good19 ppb2.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good10.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.1 ppb7.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb10.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0 ppm8.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ferndale

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 4 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ferndale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I75S-MM060.1MC142

Beside a road/1.5 mi away/620 ft/25 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Citizen station GW5459GW5459

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/666 ft/21 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Rank-

TroyVLL

At an airfield/6.2 mi away/728 ft/83 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Ferndale 0.3 SWMI-OK-182

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/647 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Dearborn No.2DBNM4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/617 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank87of 979

Station report

The weather at Troy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from Ferndale, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Troy, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLLFIG. A THE SKY OVER TROYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETroy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Troy: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLLFIG. B THE AIR AT TROYTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLETroy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Troy, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLLFIG. C THE WIND AT TROYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETroy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dearborn No.2 (DBNM4), 8.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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