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Sand Lake, Michigan

Community in Iosco County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Sand Lake

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Northcentral-Northeast Lower (MI), 45 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sand Lake

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sand Lake, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 2 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sand Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MI-02 Rose CityMC083

Beside a road/25.9 mi away/1,342 ft/564 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

National City 4.5 NNEMI-IC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/757 ft/21 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hale 5 SSWHLMM4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/840 ft/62 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank93of 979

Station report

The weather at Oscoda/Wurtsmith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Sand Lake, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 400 ft, overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Oscoda/Wurtsmith, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSCFIG. A THE SKY OVER OSCODA/WURTSMITHSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEOscoda/Wurtsmith, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OSCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Oscoda/Wurtsmith: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSCFIG. B THE AIR AT OSCODA/WURTSMITHTHE 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 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 53.6 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 POINTTITLEOscoda/Wurtsmith, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Oscoda/Wurtsmith, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, 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 OSCFIG. C THE WIND AT OSCODA/WURTSMITHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOscoda/Wurtsmith, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Sand Lake

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