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New Era, Michigan

Village in Oceana County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at New Era

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Ludington (MI), 23 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good12 ppb19.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at New Era

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Era, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest New Era, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US31Mm1407MC160

Beside a road/2.3 mi away/748 ft/12 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

FreemontFFX

At an airfield/19.5 mi away/772 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 979

measured daily2 instruments

MontagueMTGM4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/659 ft/101 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Freemont, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.5 mi from New Era, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 200 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Freemont, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFXFIG. A THE SKY OVER FREEMONTSECTION, 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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEFreemont, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FFXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 51.8 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 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Freemont: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 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 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFXFIG. B THE AIR AT FREEMONTTHE 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 51.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 51.8 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 POINTTITLEFreemont, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Freemont, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 5 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 FFXFIG. C THE WIND AT FREEMONTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFreemont, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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