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Wakefield, Michigan Weather

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Wakefield weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Wakefield, MI
Thursday, June 4 at 12:27 AM
76
°
Overcast
Feels like
71°
Humidity
28%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:09 AM
Sunset
8:46 PM
Wakefield, MI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWakefield, MI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 6 AM.
L 63°H 73°
Wakefield, MI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    80°57°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Heavy Rain
    25%
    0.54″
    73°63°-7°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Drizzle
    59%
    79°60°+6°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    12%
    74°54°-5°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    83°54°+9°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    0.01″
    82°54°-1°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    0.06″
    77°64°-5°
Wakefield, MI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
207° · backing 6°
Direction
SSW
207°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 8
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 8 · pk 19 @ 2:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 297SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 6° from the ssw.
Wakefield, MI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
965.5
-2.4 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 28.51 inHg
Now
965.5
mb
3h
-2.4
mb
12h
-7.2
mb
24h
-7.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 963971
955960965970975-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW970.5962.6962.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Wakefield, MI
Air quality
52
AQI
Moderate
+12 in 6hPeak ~63 @ 4 AM

Ozone at AQI 73. AQI up 12 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
121μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 73. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 73
UV peak
0.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.2 µg/m³ (AQI 29) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Wakefield, MI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
80%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
133.1mi
UNLIMITED
156 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
00:27 UTC ·Wakefield, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
00:27 UTC ·Wakefield, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Wakefield, MI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wakefield, MI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wakefield, MI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:32 AM
Sunrise
5:09 AM
Daylight
15h 37m
Sunset
8:46 PM
Civil dusk
2:25 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Wakefield, MI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
4:52 AM
Moonset
1:38 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Wakefield, MI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wakefield at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, 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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Wakefield

SPC has placed Wakefield in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Wakefield

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.