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Ontonagon, Michigan

Village in Ontonagon County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Ontonagon

Index 4, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 50 miles off.

4Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ontonagon

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
0.51in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ontonagon, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ontonagon, 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 now3 instruments

MI-01 OntonagonMC066

Beside a road/0.4 mi away/633 ft/7 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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OntonagonOTNM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.9 mi away/607 ft/19 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank404of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Greenland 6NGNLM4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/794 ft/168 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ontonagon, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.9 mi from Ontonagon, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:40 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north northeast (28 degrees) at 24 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ontonagon, north up: blowing from 28 degrees, the north northeast, at 24 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OTNM4FIG. C THE WIND AT ONTONAGONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 28°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOntonagon, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP OTNM4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OTNM4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 607 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.27 inHg and the temperature at 56.8 F; it reports 48.4 F, 8.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Ontonagon stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 607 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.27 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OTNM4FIG. D WHERE ONTONAGON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREONTONAGON2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT607 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.27 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.4 FTITLEOntonagon, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP OTNM4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OTNM4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 34 degrees above the horizon at 46.87 N, and the day is 10 h 41 min long. Level ground there takes 56 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Ontonagon, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 34 degrees above the horizon, against 67 at the June solstice, 43 at the equinoxes and 20 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 41 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OTNM4FIG. E THE SUN AT ONTONAGONELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 67°EQUINOXES 43°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 20°OCT 16, 34°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 41 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 56 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 46.87 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEOntonagon, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP OTNM4TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OTNM4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Ontonagon, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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