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Saginaw, Michigan

City in Saginaw County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Saginaw

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 22 miles off.

20Good
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Saginaw

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

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Saginaw, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Saginaw, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Site 3SAGM4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/617 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank84of 979

Saginaw 1.8 WMI-SG-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/613 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank732of 979

Station report

The weather at Saginaw/Browne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.1 mi from Saginaw, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,500 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Saginaw/Browne, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYXFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAGINAW/BROWNESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLESaginaw/Browne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HYXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Saginaw/Browne: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYXFIG. B THE AIR AT SAGINAW/BROWNETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLESaginaw/Browne, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Saginaw/Browne, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYXFIG. C THE WIND AT SAGINAW/BROWNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESaginaw/Browne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Site 3 (SAGM4), 0.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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