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Rapid City, Michigan

Community in Kalkaska County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Rapid City

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 11 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rapid City

0.67 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.67in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rapid City, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Rapid City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

WilliamsburgMC018

Beside a road/7.3 mi away/721 ft/106 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

BellaireACB

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/623 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank251of 979

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/28.2 mi away/1,461 ft/846 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank686of 979

Gaylord CRNGLRM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.3 mi away/1,450 ft/835 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank353of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Rapid City 2.2 WNWMI-KK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/592 ft/23 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Williamsburg 6 NWMOM4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/689 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bellaire, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Rapid City, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,200 ft, scattered at 1,700 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bellaire, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACBFIG. A THE SKY OVER BELLAIRESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBellaire, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.3 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Bellaire: temperature 49.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACBFIG. B THE AIR AT BELLAIRETHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.3 F, 48.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEBellaire, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Bellaire, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACBFIG. C THE WIND AT BELLAIREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBellaire, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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