KalkaskaMC051
Beside a road/1.3 mi away/1,030 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 12 AM (82%).
Now. Kalkaska is 48° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Kalkaska, Michigan.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 20 miles off.
Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.61 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 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 4 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
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The 7 instruments nearest Kalkaska, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
KalkaskaMC051
Beside a road/1.3 mi away/1,030 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW7286GW7286
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/591 ft/442 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
BellaireACB
At an airfield/17.6 mi away/623 ft/410 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Grayling RAWSGYGM4
A remote fire weather station/23.2 mi away/1,257 ft/224 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Gaylord 9 SSW54854
At a climate reference station/25.3 mi away/1,461 ft/428 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
KalaskaKLKM4
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/1,033 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Kalkaska 1.5 WNWMI-KK-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,004 ft/29 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Kalkaska, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 1,200 ft, overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.
49.5 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.
From the north (350 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Bellaire, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Kalaska (KLKM4), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.