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Hancock, Michigan

City in Houghton County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Hancock

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 47 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hancock

0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.48in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hancock, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hancock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HancockCMX

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/1,070 ft/245 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank717of 1,000

CalumetMC030

Beside a road/8.9 mi away/1,171 ft/346 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Hancock 0.1 ENEMI-HG-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/851 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hancock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Hancock, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hancock, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMXFIG. A THE SKY OVER HANCOCKSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHancock, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CMXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CMX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

36.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hancock: temperature 36.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMXFIG. B THE AIR AT HANCOCKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.1 FTEMPERATURE 36.0 FDEW POINT 27.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEHancock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CMX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hancock, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 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 CMXFIG. C THE WIND AT HANCOCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHancock, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CMX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hancock - Quincy Hill (QNCM4), 0.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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