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Mears, Michigan

Community in Oceana County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Mears

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Ludington (MI), 22 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good19 ppb19.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mears

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mears, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mears, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US31Mm1407MC160

Beside a road/8.6 mi away/748 ft/27 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

LudingtonNDBC-LDTM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank936of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Hart 3 WSWMI-OC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/756 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank190of 979

HartHRTM4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/659 ft/116 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank176of 979

Station report

The weather at Ludington/Mason, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.5 mi from Mears, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ludington/Mason, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDMFIG. A THE SKY OVER LUDINGTON/MASONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELudington/Mason, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LDMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 50.0 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 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Ludington/Mason: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 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 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDMFIG. B THE AIR AT LUDINGTON/MASONTHE 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 49.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 50.0 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 POINTTITLELudington/Mason, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDM-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 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ludington/Mason, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 10 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 LDMFIG. C THE WIND AT LUDINGTON/MASONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELudington/Mason, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hart (HRTM4), 3.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Mears

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Near Mears

River and lake gauges