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Southfield, Michigan

City in Oakland County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Southfield

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 6 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good3.6 mi
  • Ozone24Good19 ppb3.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good13 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.9 ppb6.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb13.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0 ppm6.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Southfield

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Southfield, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Southfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW5459GW5459

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/666 ft/7 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Rank-

TroyVLL

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/728 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 979

M-5MC129

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/643 ft/30 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Lathrup Village 0.4 ESEMI-OK-137

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/699 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FarmingtonFARM4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/748 ft/75 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank89of 979

Station report

The weather at Troy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Southfield, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Troy, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLLFIG. A THE SKY OVER TROYSECTION, 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLETroy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 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 Troy: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 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 VLLFIG. B THE AIR AT TROYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 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 POINTTITLETroy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Troy, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 VLLFIG. C THE WIND AT TROYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETroy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VLLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Farmington (FARM4), 6.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

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