Storm Station
Sign in

Tawas City, Michigan

City in Iosco County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Tawas City

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 45 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tawas City

0.36 in in the last 24 hours, 0.77 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.36in
Last 3 days
0.77in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tawas City, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 3 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Tawas City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MI-02 Rose CityMC083

Beside a road/34.3 mi away/1,342 ft/753 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

East TawasETWM4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/581 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank708of 979

Station report

The weather at Oscoda/Wurtsmith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Tawas City, Michigan. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 400 ft, overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 2.5 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 2.5 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: 2.5 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 51.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Oscoda/Wurtsmith: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 southeast (120 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oscoda/Wurtsmith, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light 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 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at East Tawas (ETWM4), 1.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Michigan

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

Near Tawas City

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Tawas City

River and lake gauges