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North Adams, Michigan

Village in Hillsdale County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at North Adams

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MI), 10 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

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 North Adams

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Adams, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Adams, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HillsdaleJYM

At an airfield/4.7 mi away/1,181 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank20of 979

MI-05 ColdwaterMC102

Beside a road/24.8 mi away/1,014 ft/176 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Adrian [CCOOP]ARNM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.4 mi away/738 ft/452 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

North Adams 0.1 WSWMI-HL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,192 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HillsdaleHILM4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/1,079 ft/111 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hillsdale, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.7 mi from North Adams, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Hillsdale, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEHillsdale, 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

68.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 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 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Hillsdale: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 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 1,000 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 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 66.2 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 southwest (250 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hillsdale, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG 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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