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Roscommon, Michigan

Village in Roscommon County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Roscommon

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 22 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good19.8 mi
  • Ozone17Good16 ppb19.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.1 ppb19.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Roscommon

0.78 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.78in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

How far you can see at Roscommon, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Roscommon, 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

Roscommon RAWSRSCM4

A remote fire weather station/1.8 mi away/1,148 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank592of 979

GraylingMC021

Beside a road/9.9 mi away/1,292 ft/165 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Houghton LakeHTL

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/1,152 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank18of 979

Gaylord 9 SSW54854

At a climate reference station/28.6 mi away/1,461 ft/334 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank686of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Roscommon 2.6 NMI-CF-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,113 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Houghton LakeHTLM4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/1,141 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Houghton Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Roscommon, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:04 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Houghton Lake, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTLFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOUGHTON LAKESECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHoughton Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTL-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 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Houghton Lake: 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 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTLFIG. B THE AIR AT HOUGHTON LAKETHE 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 47.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 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 POINTTITLEHoughton Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Houghton Lake, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 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 HTLFIG. C THE WIND AT HOUGHTON LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHoughton Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Michigan

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Near Roscommon

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