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Parkdale, Michigan

Community in Manistee County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Parkdale

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Ludington (MI), 38 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-3.1 mi
  • Ozone21Good25 ppb3.1 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Parkdale

0.91 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.91in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Parkdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ManisteeMBL

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/620 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank339of 979

ManisteeMC048

Beside a road/4.0 mi away/659 ft/53 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Manistee 0.4 NNWMI-MN-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/605 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Manistee 3 SEMANM4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/669 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Manistee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Parkdale, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,000 ft, scattered at 3,100 ft, broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Manistee, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBLFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANISTEESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEManistee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 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 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Manistee: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 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 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBLFIG. B THE AIR AT MANISTEETHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.0 F, 48.0 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 POINTTITLEManistee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Manistee, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBLFIG. C THE WIND AT MANISTEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManistee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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