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Pentwater, Michigan

Village in Oceana County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Pentwater

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Ludington (MI), 22 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good17 ppb13.7 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pentwater

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
0.54in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pentwater, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LudingtonNDBC-LDTM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank936of 979

LudingtonMC016

Beside a road/12.8 mi away/672 ft/61 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

HartHRTM4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/659 ft/48 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank176of 979

Hart 3 WSWMI-OC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/756 ft/145 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank190of 979

Station report

The weather at Ludington/Mason, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.6 mi from Pentwater, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 300 ft, overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Ludington/Mason, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDMFIG. A THE SKY OVER LUDINGTON/MASONSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2 MI0510TITLELudington/Mason, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LDMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDM-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 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Ludington/Mason: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDMFIG. B THE AIR AT LUDINGTON/MASONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLELudington/Mason, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ludington/Mason, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDMFIG. C THE WIND AT LUDINGTON/MASONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELudington/Mason, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hart (HRTM4), 6.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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Near Pentwater

River and lake gauges