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Shaftsburg, Michigan

Community in Shiawassee County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Shaftsburg

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Lansing (MI), 22 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good13.7 mi
  • Ozone21Good23 ppb2.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)2Good13.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.8 ppb13.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb13.7 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Shaftsburg

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 3 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shaftsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LansingLAN

At an airfield/14.3 mi away/866 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank16of 979

B-17MC121

Beside a road/28.9 mi away/906 ft/15 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Perry 1.1 NNEMI-SW-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/887 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank825of 979

OwossoOWSM4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/745 ft/146 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank549of 979

Station report

The weather at Lansing, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Shaftsburg, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lansing, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LANFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANSINGSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELansing, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LANTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lansing: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LANFIG. B THE AIR AT LANSINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.2 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLELansing, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LANTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lansing, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, 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 LANFIG. C THE WIND AT LANSINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELansing, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LANTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Owosso (OWSM4), 12.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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

Near Shaftsburg

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