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Lawton, Michigan

Village in Van Buren County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Lawton

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwest (MI), 17 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-17.4 mi
  • Ozone17Good9 ppb17.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lawton

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lawton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MI-05 Paw PawMC096

Beside a road/3.5 mi away/748 ft/47 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

KalamazooAZO

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/892 ft/97 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Paw Paw 1.1 SSEMI-VB-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/771 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DowagiacDWGM4

At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/741 ft/54 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kalamazoo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Lawton, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Kalamazoo, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AZOFIG. A THE SKY OVER KALAMAZOOSECTION, 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 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEKalamazoo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AZOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AZO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 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 Kalamazoo: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 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 AZOFIG. B THE AIR AT KALAMAZOOTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 65.0 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 POINTTITLEKalamazoo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AZOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AZO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kalamazoo, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 12 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 AZOFIG. C THE WIND AT KALAMAZOOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKalamazoo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AZOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AZO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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