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Inkster, Michigan

City in Wayne County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Inkster

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 15 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good6.7 mi
  • Ozone26Good23 ppb6.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good6.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.9 ppb7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb6.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm6.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Inkster

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Inkster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Detroit/WayneDTW

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/640 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 979

MI-07 I275_Mm0263MC204

Beside a road/7.4 mi away/689 ft/64 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Dearborn Heights 2.0 WSWMI-WY-71

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/629 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DearbornDRBM4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/617 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank175of 979

Station report

The weather at Detroit/Wayne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Inkster, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 700 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Detroit/Wayne, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTWFIG. A THE SKY OVER DETROIT/WAYNESECTION, 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 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEDetroit/Wayne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DTWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Detroit/Wayne: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTWFIG. B THE AIR AT DETROIT/WAYNETHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEDetroit/Wayne, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Detroit/Wayne, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 10 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 DTWFIG. C THE WIND AT DETROIT/WAYNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDetroit/Wayne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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