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Gaines, Michigan

Village in Genesee County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Gaines

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Flint (MI), 17 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gaines

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

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gaines, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gaines, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

B-17MC121

Beside a road/10.5 mi away/906 ft/47 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

FlintFNT

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/764 ft/95 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank303of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Durand WWTPDRNM4

At a water treatment plant/5.4 mi away/751 ft/108 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank33of 979

Byron 3.1 SSWMI-SW-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/869 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Flint, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Gaines, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Flint, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FNTFIG. A THE SKY OVER FLINTSECTION, 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 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFlint, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FNTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FNT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Flint: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FNTFIG. B THE AIR AT FLINTTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEFlint, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FNTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FNT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Flint, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FNTFIG. C THE WIND AT FLINTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFlint, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FNTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FNT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Durand WWTP (DRNM4), 5.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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