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Hartford, Michigan

City in Van Buren County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Hartford

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southwest (MI), 10 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good12 ppb7.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hartford

0.76 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.76in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hartford, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hartford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MI-05 HartfordMC095

Beside a road/0.8 mi away/676 ft/12 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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South HavenLWA

At an airfield/11.0 mi away/666 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank292of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Decatur 7.0 WNWMI-VB-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/788 ft/124 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Benton HarborBEHM4

At a harbour/13.7 mi away/641 ft/23 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at South Haven, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from Hartford, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over South Haven, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTH HAVENSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESouth Haven, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at South Haven: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWAFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTH HAVENTHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLESouth Haven, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at South Haven, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWAFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTH HAVENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouth Haven, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Michigan

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

Near Hartford

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

Near Hartford

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