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Paris, Michigan

Community in Mecosta County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Paris

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Ludington (MI), 24 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good-

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 Paris

0.70 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.70in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Paris, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Big RapidsRQB

At an airfield/3.7 mi away/991 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank305of 979

US131Mm1387MC143

Beside a road/6.3 mi away/1,047 ft/93 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Evart RAWSEVAM4

A remote fire weather station/15.6 mi away/999 ft/45 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank340of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Water WorksBGRM4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/922 ft/32 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank103of 979

Hersey 0.7 NNEMI-OL-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/991 ft/37 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Big Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Paris, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Big Rapids, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RQBFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG RAPIDSSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLEBig Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RQBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RQB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 93 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 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Big Rapids: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 93 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 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RQBFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG RAPIDSTHE 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 47.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEBig Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RQBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RQB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Big Rapids, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, 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 RQBFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBig Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RQBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RQB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Water Works (BGRM4), 5.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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Near Paris

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Near Paris

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