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Vassar, Michigan

City in Tuscola County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Vassar

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Bay Area-Thumb Area (MI), 18 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good20.9 mi
  • Ozone16Good12 ppb15.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Vassar

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vassar, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Vassar, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CaroCFS

At an airfield/9.2 mi away/702 ft/76 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank292of 979

B-15MC120

Beside a road/16.3 mi away/705 ft/79 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Cass River AT VassarVSSM4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/633 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Reese 1.1 NNEMI-TS-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/629 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Caro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.2 mi from Vassar, Michigan. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Caro, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFSFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAROSECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECaro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CFSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFS-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 50.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Caro: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFSFIG. B THE AIR AT CAROTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLECaro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Caro, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFSFIG. C THE WIND AT CAROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECaro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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