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Lake Odessa, Michigan

Village in Ionia County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Lake Odessa

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lansing (MI), 21 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Odessa

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Odessa, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Odessa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

IoniaY70

At an airfield/11.4 mi away/818 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank296of 979

I96Mm0760MC149

Beside a road/12.6 mi away/761 ft/97 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Woodland 1.7 NEMI-BR-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/888 ft/30 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WWTPHASM4

At a water treatment plant/12.3 mi away/784 ft/74 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ionia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.4 mi from Lake Odessa, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Ionia, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y70FIG. A THE SKY OVER IONIASECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEIonia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y70TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y70-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Ionia: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y70FIG. B THE AIR AT IONIATHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEIonia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y70TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y70-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ionia, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y70FIG. C THE WIND AT IONIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIonia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y70TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y70-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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