Current weather · Sep 27, 12:16 AM EDT

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48°

Patchy fogFeels like 48° · Humidity 83%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Gaylord, MI · grid 58,55
High
70°
Low
45°
Rain today
0%
Sunrise
7:32 AM
Sunset
7:27 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sun 12 AMPatchy fog48°48°43°83%0%E1 mph1 mph2%—10 mi
Sun 1 AMPatchy fog48°48°43°83%0%E1 mph1 mph3%—10 mi
Sun 2 AMPatchy fog47°47°43°86%0%E0 mph0 mph2%—10 mi
Sun 3 AMPatchy fog46°46°42°86%0%E0 mph3 mph3%—10 mi
Sun 4 AMPatchy fog46°46°42°86%0%ENE0 mph3 mph3%—10 mi
Sun 5 AMPatchy fog45°45°42°89%0%NE1 mph5 mph1%—10 mi
Sun 6 AMPatchy fog44°44°42°93%0%NE1 mph3 mph1%—10 mi
Sun 7 AMPatchy fog44°44°42°93%0%NE1 mph5 mph1%—10 mi
Sun 8 AMPatchy fog44°44°43°96%0%NE1 mph5 mph0%—10 mi
Sun 9 AM50°50°48°93%0%NE1 mph6 mph0%—10 mi
Sun 10 AM58°58°50°75%0%NE2 mph7 mph0%—10 mi
Sun 11 AM63°63°52°67%0%NE2 mph9 mph1%—10 mi
Sun 12 PM65°65°51°60%0%NE3 mph12 mph1%—10 mi
Sun 1 PM67°67°51°56%0%NE5 mph12 mph2%—10 mi
Sun 2 PM69°69°51°53%0%NE5 mph13 mph1%—10 mi
Sun 3 PM69°69°51°53%0%NNE5 mph13 mph2%—10 mi
Sun 4 PM70°70°51°51%0%NNE5 mph13 mph9%—10 mi
Sun 5 PM70°70°51°51%0%NNE5 mph13 mph7%—10 mi
Sun 6 PM69°69°52°55%0%NNE5 mph12 mph9%—10 mi
Sun 7 PM65°65°52°63%0%NNE3 mph10 mph9%—10 mi
Sun 8 PM61°61°52°72%0%NNE3 mph9 mph14%—10 mi
Sun 9 PM55°55°52°90%0%NNE2 mph7 mph28%—10 mi
Sun 10 PM53°53°51°93%0%N1 mph5 mph20%—10 mi
Sun 11 PM51°51°50°96%0%N0 mph3 mph16%—10 mi
Mon 12 AM50°50°49°96%0%N0 mph3 mph23%—10 mi
Mon 1 AM49°49°49°100%0%N0 mph3 mph31%—9 mi
Mon 2 AM49°49°48°96%0%NNW0 mph3 mph27%—9 mi
Mon 3 AM48°48°48°100%0%NNW1 mph3 mph27%—9 mi
Mon 4 AM48°48°47°96%0%NNW1 mph5 mph36%—9 mi
Mon 5 AM48°48°47°96%0%NNW1 mph6 mph16%—9 mi
Mon 6 AM47°47°46°96%0%NNW2 mph6 mph21%—9 mi
Mon 7 AM46°46°46°100%0%NNW2 mph6 mph14%—10 mi
Mon 8 AM47°47°46°96%0%NNW2 mph6 mph15%—10 mi
Mon 9 AM52°52°50°93%0%NNW2 mph8 mph12%—10 mi
Mon 10 AM57°57°51°80%0%N3 mph9 mph13%—10 mi
Mon 11 AM63°63°50°62%0%N3 mph12 mph14%——
Mon 12 PM66°66°50°56%0%N5 mph13 mph19%——
Mon 1 PM68°68°50°53%0%N5 mph13 mph21%——
Mon 2 PM69°69°50°51%0%N5 mph13 mph24%——
Mon 3 PM71°71°50°47%0%NNW5 mph14 mph24%——
Mon 4 PM71°71°51°49%0%NNW5 mph14 mph21%——
Mon 5 PM70°70°51°51%0%NNW5 mph14 mph15%——
Mon 6 PM67°67°52°59%0%NNW5 mph13 mph17%——
Mon 7 PM63°63°53°70%0%NNW3 mph9 mph19%——
Mon 8 PM59°59°53°80%0%NNW2 mph7 mph16%——
Mon 9 PM56°56°53°90%0%N1 mph5 mph31%——
Mon 10 PM54°54°53°96%0%N0 mph3 mph21%——
Mon 11 PM52°52°52°100%0%N0 mph2 mph10%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 27, 12:11 AM EDT to day 7, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2770°45°Patchy Fog then Sunny0%wind 5 mph · gusts 13 mph
  2. MonSep 2871°44°Sunny0%wind 5 mph · gusts 14 mph
  3. TueSep 2972°54°Sunny2%wind 5 mph · gusts 15 mph
  4. WedSep 3068°54°Chance Rain Showers41%wind 9 mph · gusts 21 mph
  5. ThuOct 168°47°Chance Rain Showers44%wind 9 mph · gusts 22 mph
  6. FriOct 264°43°Mostly Sunny16%wind 7 mph · gusts 20 mph
  7. SatOct 363°43°Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers18%wind 7 mph · gusts 17 mph
  8. SunOct 459°39°National Blend31%0.14 inwind 8 mph · gusts 20 mph
  9. MonOct 556°39°National Blend23%wind 9 mph · gusts 21 mph
  10. TueOct 660°41°National Blend20%0.01 inwind 10 mph · gusts 23 mph
  11. WedOct 7~66°46°Model mean
  12. ThuOct 8~59°46°Model mean
  13. FriOct 9~62°42°Model mean
  14. SatOct 10~65°49°Model mean0.02 in
  15. SunOct 11~63°46°Model mean
  16. MonOct 12~64°47°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like48°
  • WindCalm
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity83%
  • Dew point43°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:36 PMMoonset 8:39 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous99% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2771°46°NWS grid 70° / 45°rain 0%wind 5 mph · gusts 14 mph
  2. MonSep 2871°46°NWS grid 71° / 44°rain 0%wind 5 mph · gusts 14 mph
  3. TueSep 2973°55°NWS grid 72° / 54°rain 44%wind 5 mph · gusts 15 mph
  4. WedSep 3068°54°NWS grid 68° / 54°rain 50%0.22 inwind 8 mph · gusts 21 mph
  5. ThuOct 168°46°NWS grid 68° / 47°rain 47%0.10 inwind 9 mph · gusts 21 mph
  6. FriOct 263°42°NWS grid 64° / 43°rain 14%wind 8 mph · gusts 20 mph
  7. SatOct 363°42°NWS grid 63° / 43°rain 17%0.10 inwind 7 mph · gusts 17 mph
  8. SunOct 459°39°Beyond the NWS gridrain 31%0.14 inwind 8 mph · gusts 20 mph
  9. MonOct 556°39°Beyond the NWS gridrain 23%wind 9 mph · gusts 21 mph
  10. TueOct 660°41°Beyond the NWS gridrain 20%0.01 inwind 10 mph · gusts 23 mph
  11. WedOct 760°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 20%wind 10 mph · gusts 22 mph
41°59°77°SunMonTueWedThuFriSatSun

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT · GFS Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 26, 8:00 AM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 26, 8:00 AM EDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

32°55°77°SunMonTueWedThuFriSatSun

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2770° 45°71° 46°73° 49°72° 49°68° 50°~71° 45°
Mon Sep 2871° 44°68° 49°75° 51°72° 51°68° 52°~71° 49°
Tue Sep 2972° 54°—76° 51°74° 52°70° 49°~73° 46°
Wed Sep 3068° 54°—61° 57°0.36 in64° 58°0.19 in67° 57°0.08 in~63° 58°0.68 in
Thu Oct 168° 47°—66° 49°65° 54°0.16 in66° 51°~66° 57°0.47 in
Fri Oct 264° 43°—59° 45°63° 49°0.06 in~58° 46°~60° 45°
Sat Oct 363° 43°—60° 45°0.11 in59° 48°0.19 in~61° 41°~62° 36°
Sun Oct 4——63° 47°0.85 in59° 48°0.09 in~65° 48°~63° 44°
Mon Oct 5——44° 41°0.30 in54° 43°0.10 in~60° 48°~65° 43°
Tue Oct 6——50° 43°~55° 40°0.05 in~58° 42°~66° 41°
Wed Oct 7——~64° 42°—~65° 49°~68° 46°
Thu Oct 8——~48° 41°—~68° 51°~60° 47°
Fri Oct 9——~51° 35°—~68° 50°~66° 40°
Sat Oct 10——~57° 42°—~72° 53°0.02 in~67° 51°0.05 in
Sun Oct 11——~63° 46°—~59° 56°0.05 in~55° 52°
Mon Oct 12——~64° 47°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Gaylord (GLR) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Mon Oct 12, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature leanwarmer 33% · Oct 202640% chance above normal · Oct to Dec-20°0°20°40°60°80°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2761° / 42°85° (2023)22° (2000)no outlookno outlook
Oct 459° / 40°86° (2007)23° (1999)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance below normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1155° / 38°80° (2024)22° (2009)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1851° / 36°81° (2024)23° (2005)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2547° / 32°77° (2024)18° (2000)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 149° / 31°73° (2015)13° (2019)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 842° / 27°77° (2022)-4° (2019)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1542° / 29°67° (2016)-2° (2008)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2239° / 26°63° (2012)-7° (2018)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2934° / 22°62° (1998)-13° (2002)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 631° / 21°58° (2001)-6° (2000)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1329° / 18°60° (2021)-19° (2004)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 2030° / 17°56° (2015)-22° (2004)40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance below normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayGoodfog
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightFairbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hGoodfog
  • Drivingnext 24 hGoodfog

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hHighcool nights, warm days
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SundayFair9:05 PM to 5:55 AM3 of 9None98%Poor9 h2 mph
MondayFair9:03 PM to 5:57 AM7 of 9None93%Poor9 h1 mph
TuesdayPoor9:01 PM to 5:58 AM0 of 9None87%2 h6 mph
WednesdayPoor8:59 PM to 5:59 AM0 of 9None79%9 h7 mph
ThursdayPoor8:57 PM to 6:01 AM0 of 9None70%8 h3 mph
FridayPoor8:55 PM to 6:02 AM0 of 9None60%6 h2 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sun7:03 AM to 7:14 AM7:14 AM to 8:11 AM6:48 PM to 7:45 PM7:45 PM to 7:56 PM
Mon7:04 AM to 7:15 AM7:15 AM to 8:12 AM6:46 PM to 7:43 PM7:43 PM to 7:54 PM
Tue7:05 AM to 7:17 AM7:17 AM to 8:13 AM6:44 PM to 7:41 PM7:41 PM to 7:52 PM
Wed7:07 AM to 7:18 AM7:18 AM to 8:15 AM6:42 PM to 7:39 PM7:39 PM to 7:50 PM
Thu7:08 AM to 7:19 AM7:19 AM to 8:16 AM6:40 PM to 7:37 PM7:37 PM to 7:48 PM
Fri7:09 AM to 7:20 AM7:20 AM to 8:17 AM6:38 PM to 7:35 PM7:35 PM to 7:46 PM
Sat7:10 AM to 7:22 AM7:22 AM to 8:19 AM6:36 PM to 7:33 PM7:33 PM to 7:45 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:32 AM, 92° E
  • SS Sunset 7:27 PM, 268° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:36 PM, 73° ENE
  • MS Moonset 8:39 AM, 283° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 99% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sun 8 AM to 7 PM, 11 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 7:02 AM to sunrise 7:32 AM, and sunset 7:27 PM to 7:57 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sun 12 AMCaution1550%10 mi48°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMCaution1550%10 mi48°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMCaution0000%10 mi47°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMCaution0030%10 mi46°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMCaution0030%10 mi46°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 5 AMCaution1580%10 mi45°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 6 AMCaution1570%10 mi44°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 7 AMCaution1580%10 mi44°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 8 AMGood1150%10 mi44°nothing against it
Sun 9 AMGood1160%10 mi50°nothing against it
Sun 10 AMGood2370%10 mi58°nothing against it
Sun 11 AMGood23100%10 mi63°nothing against it
Sun 12 PMGood34120%10 mi65°nothing against it
Sun 1 PMGood55120%10 mi67°nothing against it
Sun 2 PMGood55140%10 mi69°nothing against it
Sun 3 PMGood55140%10 mi69°nothing against it
Sun 4 PMGood56140%10 mi70°nothing against it
Sun 5 PMGood56140%10 mi70°nothing against it
Sun 6 PMGood56130%10 mi69°nothing against it
Sun 7 PMCaution314210%10 mi65°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 8 PMCaution314190%10 mi61°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 9 PMCaution29140%10 mi55°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 10 PMCaution1580%10 mi53°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 11 PMCaution0030%10 mi51°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Sun 12 PM to 9 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 10 AM to 8 PM 10 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 11 AM to 7 PM 8 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 7 PM to 9 PM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 10 AM to 1 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SundayDry0%0.00 in51%5 mph3 d
MondayDry0%0.00 in47%5 mph2 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in46%5 mph1 d
WednesdayShowers possible41%0.00 in68%9 mph
ThursdayShowers possible44%0.00 in63%9 mph
FridayDry8%0.00 in48%7 mph2 dGood
SaturdayDry16%0.00 in50%7 mph1 dGood

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Sunday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sun Best12:50 AM to 2:50 AM1:13 PM to 3:13 PM8:09 AM to 9:09 AM7:06 PM to 8:06 PM 99%7:32 AM, 7:27 PM
Mon Good1:38 AM to 3:38 AM2:03 PM to 4:03 PM9:26 AM to 10:26 AM7:30 PM to 8:30 PM 95%7:33 AM, 7:25 PM
Tue Good2:30 AM to 4:30 AM2:57 PM to 4:57 PM10:46 AM to 11:46 AM8:00 PM to 9:00 PM 90%7:35 AM, 7:23 PM
Wed Poor3:26 AM to 5:26 AM3:56 PM to 5:56 PM12:05 PM to 1:05 PM8:40 PM to 9:40 PM 83%7:36 AM, 7:21 PM
Thu Fair4:26 AM to 6:26 AM4:57 PM to 6:57 PM1:21 PM to 2:21 PM9:31 PM to 10:31 PM 74%7:37 AM, 7:19 PM
Fri Fair5:29 AM to 7:29 AM6:00 PM to 8:00 PM2:26 PM to 3:26 PM10:35 PM to 11:35 PM 64%7:38 AM, 7:17 PM
Sat Fair6:31 AM to 8:31 AM7:01 PM to 9:01 PM3:19 PM to 4:19 PM 54%7:39 AM, 7:15 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Overnight43° · 0 mph

    Patchy fog. Clear. Low around 43, with temperatures rising to around 45 overnight. East wind around 0 mph.

  2. Sunday70° · NE 0–5 mph

    Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  3. Sunday Night45° · N 0–5 mph

    Mostly clear. Low around 45, with temperatures rising to around 48 overnight. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  4. Monday71° · N 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  5. Monday Night44° · N 0–5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 44. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  6. Tuesday72° · S 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 72.

  7. Tuesday Night54° · 28% · SW 0–5 mph

    A chance of rain showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.

  8. Wednesday68° · 41% · S 5–10 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68.

  9. Wednesday Night54° · 41% · SW 5 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.

  10. Thursday68° · 44% · W 5–10 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68.

  11. Thursday Night47° · 32% · NW 5–10 mph

    A chance of rain showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

  12. Friday64° · 13% · NW 5 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

  13. Friday Night43° · 11% · NE 0–5 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

  14. Saturday63° · 16% · SE 0–5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Gaylord, MI · issued Sep 26, 11:02 PM EDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Cool nights with fog into next week, patchy frost possible tonight.

Quiet and dry into early next week with shower chances reappearing around mid-week.

Discussion

240 PM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

High pressure will keep things quiet and dry through the weekend and into early next week, with temperatures gradually warming further into the 70s. Tonight will remain cool with mostly clear skies and light winds, allowing lows to fall into the upper 30s across interior locations, with most areas in the 40s to low 50s. Frost potential looks fairly limited, though some of the typical colder interior spots could see localized frost. Sunday then stays dry with mostly sunny skies and highs mainly in the upper 60s to low 70s.

The warming trend continues Monday and Tuesday as the surface high gradually shifts away, with highs climbing further into the 70s and some locations potentially reaching the upper 70s by Tuesday (average highs this time of year are generally 61 to 68 degrees). Though daytime highs will be warmer, the dry airmass and clear nights will still allow or fairly cool overnight temperatures. Overall, conditions look quiet and pleasant through the first half of the week.

The next chance for precipitation arrives around the middle of next week as a more potent northern-stream wave moves through the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. This should help pull some of the deeper moisture farther north, but much of the better moisture is still expected to remain focused across the Plains and farther south. As a result, shower chances look to increase Tuesday night and especially Wednesday into Wednesday night, but there is still considerable uncertainty on how much precipitation actually reaches northern Michigan. The timing and eventual track of the wave will also play a big role in how much of an impact the system makes on the region and whether we see a more meaningful round of rain or just some scattered showers. For now, continue to keep the forecast on shower chances rather than anything more widespread or significant, with the eventual track and moisture availability of the system still being the main questions.

Aviation · 06Z TAFs Through 06Z Monday

1101 PM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Patchy FG/BR has started to develop across portions of northern Michigan owing to efficient radiational cooling with calm winds and clear skies. More areas will likely see FG/BR later tonight, particularly interior low-lying areas and bodies of water. Aside from MBL, which will likely continue to see periodic drops to LIFR, confidence is relatively low in FG/BR materializing at other TAF sites. Otherwise, VFR conditions are anticipated across northern Michigan through Sunday.

APX Watches / Warnings / Advisories

MI...None. MARINE...None.

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sun Sep 27No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sun Oct 4No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Tue Sep 29Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 30–Oct 10.10 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 2–Oct 30.25 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 2–Oct 6
  2. Days 6–10 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 2–Oct 6
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 10
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 4–Oct 10

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Gaylord 9SSW

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around May 12 and the first fall freeze around October 7: a growing season of about 147 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by September 24; one spring in ten still has one after May 29.

Climate of 44.91, -84.72: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 28 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max66°66°67°64°63°59°58°
Heat index max70°71°72°
Wind chill min44°46°46°45°41°
Visibility min10 mi9 mi
Mixing height max4,400 ft3,700 ft5,600 ft2,600 ft3,800 ft3,900 ft3,900 ft
Transport wind max8 mph9 mph12 mph14 mph15 mph12 mph14 mph
Twenty-foot wind max3 mph3 mph3 mph7 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Gaylord (GLR) · 7.4 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sun Sep 2770° / 45°65° / 46°80° (2025)29° (2012)
Mon Sep 2871° / 44°62° / 43°77° (2015)22° (2000)
Tue Sep 2972° / 54°60° / 41°79° (2024)28° (2022)
Wed Sep 3068° / 54°61° / 42°83° (2002)28° (2004)
Thu Oct 168° / 47°61° / 43°84° (2002)25° (2009)
Fri Oct 264° / 43°60° / 42°84° (2023)25° (2003)
Sat Oct 363° / 43°61° / 42°85° (2023)25° (1999)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sun7:03 AM7:32 AM7:27 PM7:56 PM11 h 55 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon7:04 AM7:33 AM7:25 PM7:54 PM11 h 52 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue7:05 AM7:35 AM7:23 PM7:52 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed7:07 AM7:36 AM7:21 PM7:50 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu7:08 AM7:37 AM7:19 PM7:48 PM11 h 42 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri7:09 AM7:38 AM7:17 PM7:46 PM11 h 39 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:10 AM7:39 AM7:15 PM7:45 PM11 h 36 min Last quarter · 54% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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