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Ortonville, Michigan

Village in Oakland County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Ortonville

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Flint (MI), 17 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb22 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ortonville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ortonville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

M-1MC127

Beside a road/6.9 mi away/1,053 ft/115 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

PontiacPTK

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/981 ft/43 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Ortonville 0.3 NWMI-OK-54

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/932 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Ortonville 2SWORTM4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/1,145 ft/207 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank678of 979

Station report

The weather at Pontiac, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Ortonville, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:33 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Pontiac, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTKFIG. A THE SKY OVER PONTIACSECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEPontiac, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Pontiac: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTKFIG. B THE AIR AT PONTIACTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEPontiac, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pontiac, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 7 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 PTKFIG. C THE WIND AT PONTIACPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPontiac, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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