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Litchfield, Michigan

City in Hillsdale County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Litchfield

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MI), 21 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
  • Ozone11Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Litchfield

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Litchfield, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Litchfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HillsdaleJYM

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/1,181 ft/153 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank20of 979

MI-05 ColdwaterMC102

Beside a road/16.7 mi away/1,014 ft/14 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Adrian [CCOOP]ARNM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/39.0 mi away/738 ft/290 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Jonesville 0.7 WMI-HL-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/1,139 ft/111 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HillsdaleHILM4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/1,079 ft/51 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hillsdale, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Litchfield, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hillsdale, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JYMFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILLSDALESECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHillsdale, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JYMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JYM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 59.0 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 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Hillsdale: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 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 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JYMFIG. B THE AIR AT HILLSDALETHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 59.0 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 POINTTITLEHillsdale, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JYMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JYM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hillsdale, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JYMFIG. C THE WIND AT HILLSDALEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHillsdale, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JYMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JYM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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