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Rapid River, Michigan

Community in Delta County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Rapid River

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Upper Peninsula (MI), 62 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rapid River

0.47 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.47in
Last 3 days
0.73in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Rapid River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Rapid RiverMC035

Beside a road/0.7 mi away/599 ft/7 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Rapid RiverSTOM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/627 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank325of 979

EscanabaESC

At an airfield/15.3 mi away/614 ft/22 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 979

Chatham 1 SE54810

At a climate reference station/28.0 mi away/875 ft/283 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank687of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Rapid River 3.8SSERPDM4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/604 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Gladstone 0.6 SSWMI-DL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/613 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Escanaba, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from Rapid River, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:20 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 500 ft, overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Escanaba, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESCFIG. A THE SKY OVER ESCANABASECTION, 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 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEEscanaba, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ESCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Escanaba: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESCFIG. B THE AIR AT ESCANABATHE 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, SCT 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 46.4 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 POINTTITLEEscanaba, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Escanaba, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north 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 ESCFIG. C THE WIND AT ESCANABAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEscanaba, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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