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Breakers Beach, Michigan

Beach in Houghton County, Michigan

Air quality

The air at Breakers Beach

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Western Upper Peninsula (MI), 54 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Breakers Beach

0.32 in in the last 24 hours, 2.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.32in
Last 3 days
2.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Breakers Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat
Breakers Beach from its sand, nowLooking N from the sand at 12:18 AM, night, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.350N1020Facing N 3°Wind 3 mphfrom N, onshore
Looking N from the sand at 12:18 AM, night, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing N 3°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 45006, 55.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 45006, West Superior

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
51 °F
Read
Thu 11:20 PM
Distance
55.0 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 45006, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoon0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:20 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 10:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 3:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 PM1.0 ft4 sSE (135°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.3 ft4 sSE (136°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.6 ft4 sSE (132°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.3 ft4 sESE (105°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (134°)
Thu 9:50 AM1.6 ft4 sSE (143°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.0 ft3 sSE (145°)
Thu 7:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (128°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (136°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSSE (147°)
Thu 3:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSE (133°)
Thu 2:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 1:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 12:50 AM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
Houghton County
State
Michigan
Latitude
47.2278° N
Longitude
88.6301° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Breakers Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station CW4518CW4518

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/742 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

HancockCMX

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/1,070 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

CalumetMC030

Beside a road/8.1 mi away/1,171 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Hancock 3.0 ENEMI-HG-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/1,168 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Hancock - Quincy HillQNCM4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/1,155 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hancock - Quincy Hill (QNCM4), 6.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

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