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St. Helen, Michigan Weather

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St. Helen weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

St. Helen, MI
Sunday, August 2 at 10:59 AM
69
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
79%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
2:26 AM
Sunset
5:01 PM
St. Helen, MI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSt. Helen, MI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 54 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 54°H 74°
St. Helen, MI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Aug 2
    Foggy
    23%
    74°63°
  2. Monday
    Aug 3
    Clear
    79°54°+5°
  3. Tuesday
    Aug 4
    Clear
    88°58°+9°
  4. Wednesday
    Aug 5
    Overcast
    54%
    84°60°-4°
  5. Thursday
    Aug 6
    Rain
    40%
    0.36″
    78°60°-6°
  6. Friday
    Aug 7
    Clear
    11%
    90°58°+12°
  7. Saturday
    Aug 8
    Thunderstorm
    12%
    74°63°-16°
St. Helen, MI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
020° · backing 36°
Direction
NNE
020°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 5 mph
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 mph · pk 21 mph @ 10:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 213SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 36° from the nne.
St. Helen, MI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
969.4
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 28.63 inHg
Now
969.4
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
+0.4
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 967970
960965970975-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW969.9967.4969.0
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
St. Helen, MI
Air quality
60
AQI
Moderate
-5 in 6h

AQI 60 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 5.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneGood
59μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.98
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
St. Helen, MI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
33%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
37.3mi
UNLIMITED
41 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
14:59 UTC · St. Helen, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
14:59 UTC · St. Helen, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
St. Helen, MI
Satellite · infrared · animated
St. Helen, MI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
St. Helen, MI
Almanac · Sunday, August 2
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Civil dawn
5:53 AM
Sunrise
2:26 AM
Daylight
14h 35m
Sunset
5:01 PM
Civil dusk
9:36 PM
Planting note
Sow fall peas. Start kale and collard seedlings for fall.
St. Helen, MI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
10:22 PM
Moonset
10:42 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
St. Helen, MI
Microseason
Aug 1–5

Night falls a minute earlier

celestial
Jan 159% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

St. Helen at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 12 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Aug 1–5
  • Planting window: Sow fall peas. Start kale and collard seedlings for fall.

16-Day Forecast — St. Helen

  1. Sun74°63°23%
  2. Mon79°54°1%
  3. Tue88°58°1%
  4. Wed84°60°54%
  5. Thu78°60°40%
  6. Fri90°58°11%
  7. Sat74°63°12%
  8. Sun86°64°30%
  9. Mon82°61°30%
  10. Tue80°57°18%
  11. Wed73°61°20%
  12. Thu83°67°39%
  13. Fri92°66°25%
  14. Sat85°62°19%
  15. Sun79°57°16%
  16. Mon71°58°29%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of August 2, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

Sun & seasons in St. Helen

St. Helen sits in Roscommon County, where the year’s longest day runs 15h 32m of daylight and its shortest just 8h 50m — a swing of +6h 41m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.

Detroit, the state’s largest city, lies about 152 miles to the SSE. The nearest town St. Helen tracks is Interlochen, roughly 70 miles to the WNW.

ZIP codes in St. Helen

  • 48656

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.