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Sanford, Michigan

Village in Midland County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Sanford

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Mt Pleasant (MI), 32 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sanford

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sanford, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sanford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MidlandIKW

At an airfield/6.1 mi away/635 ft/6 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank270of 979

B-8 US-10 at M-47MC119

Beside a road/13.2 mi away/666 ft/37 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Alma [CCOOP]ALMM4

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.7 mi away/768 ft/139 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank220of 979

measured daily2 instruments

Sanford 3.8 NMI-MD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/633 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Oil CityOILM4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/679 ft/50 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Midland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Sanford, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Midland, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDLANDSECTION, 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 SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMidland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IKWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKW-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 48.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Midland: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKWFIG. B THE AIR AT MIDLANDTHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEMidland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Midland, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, 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 IKWFIG. C THE WIND AT MIDLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMidland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Michigan

66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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Near Sanford

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