In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/994 ft/20 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (59%).
Now. Hersey is 51° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 AM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Hersey, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Mt Pleasant (MI), 26 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.69 in in the last 24 hours, 0.82 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hersey, MichiganReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Hersey, 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
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/994 ft/20 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Reed CityMC017
Beside a road/5.0 mi away/1,069 ft/95 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Big RapidsRQB
At an airfield/9.2 mi away/991 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Evart RAWSEVAM4
A remote fire weather station/10.5 mi away/999 ft/25 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hersey 0.7 NNEMI-OL-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/991 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Reed City WWTPRDCM4
At a water treatment plant/3.3 mi away/1,007 ft/33 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.2 mi from Hersey, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 500 ft, overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 6 mi.
50.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.
From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Big Rapids, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.