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Howard City, Michigan

Village in Montcalm County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Howard City

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Mt Pleasant (MI), 28 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone17Good12 ppb15 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Howard City

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Howard City, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Howard City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US131Mm1178MC144

Beside a road/2.3 mi away/879 ft/4 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Sparta8D4

At an airfield/21.2 mi away/748 ft/135 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank696of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Morley 3.0 EMI-ME-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/983 ft/100 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RockfordRFDM4

At a cooperative observer's station/19.8 mi away/713 ft/170 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sparta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.2 mi from Howard City, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sparta, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8D4FIG. A THE SKY OVER SPARTASECTION, 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 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESparta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 8D4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8D4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 51.8 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 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Sparta: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 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 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8D4FIG. B THE AIR AT SPARTATHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 51.8 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 POINTTITLESparta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8D4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8D4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sparta, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west 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 8D4FIG. C THE WIND AT SPARTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESparta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8D4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8D4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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