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McBain, Michigan

City in Missaukee County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at McBain

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Mt Pleasant (MI), 40 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good17.8 mi
  • Ozone18Good19 ppb17.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.1 ppb17.8 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at McBain

0.94 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.94in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 2 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest McBain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RAWS - LeotaLEOM4

A remote fire weather station/15.3 mi away/1,096 ft/142 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank351of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Exp FarmLKCM4

On a farm or research station/8.7 mi away/1,234 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Cadillac/Wexford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.9 mi from McBain, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 600 ft, broken at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Cadillac/Wexford, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CADFIG. A THE SKY OVER CADILLAC/WEXFORDSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLECadillac/Wexford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CADTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 93 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 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Cadillac/Wexford: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 93 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 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CADFIG. B THE AIR AT CADILLAC/WEXFORDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLECadillac/Wexford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CADTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cadillac/Wexford, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, 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 CADFIG. C THE WIND AT CADILLAC/WEXFORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECadillac/Wexford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CADTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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