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Paw Paw Lake, Michigan

Community in Berrien County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Paw Paw Lake

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Southwest (MI), 13 miles off.

12Good
  • Ozone12Good14 ppb1.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Paw Paw Lake

0.72 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.72in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Paw Paw Lake, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Paw Paw Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I94W-MM0419MC192

Beside a road/2.9 mi away/659 ft/30 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Benton HarborBEHM4

At a harbour/9.1 mi away/641 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Dowagiac 7.9 NNWMI-CS-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/817 ft/188 ft above here

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Station report

The weather at Benton Harbor, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Paw Paw Lake, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:11 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Benton Harbor, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEHFIG. A THE SKY OVER BENTON HARBORSECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEBenton Harbor, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BEHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BEH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Benton Harbor: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEHFIG. B THE AIR AT BENTON HARBORTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEBenton Harbor, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BEHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BEH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Benton Harbor, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BEHFIG. C THE WIND AT BENTON HARBORPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBenton Harbor, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BEHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BEH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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