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Ishpeming, Michigan

City in Marquette County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Ishpeming

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 37 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ishpeming

0.45 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.45in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ishpeming, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ishpeming, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

NegauneeMC033

Beside a road/7.3 mi away/1,437 ft/4 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Chatham 1 SE54810

At a climate reference station/37.4 mi away/875 ft/558 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank687of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Ishpeming 0.2 NNEMI-MQ-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,414 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

IshpemingISPM4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/1,398 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Ishpeming, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 800 ft, broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAWFIG. A THE SKY OVER GWINN/SAWYER AFBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGwinn/Sawyer AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SAWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Gwinn/Sawyer AFB: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAWFIG. B THE AIR AT GWINN/SAWYER AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEGwinn/Sawyer AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SAWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SAWFIG. C THE WIND AT GWINN/SAWYER AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGwinn/Sawyer AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SAWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gwinn/Sawyer AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Michigan

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