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Eau Claire, Michigan Weather

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

Eau Claire, MI
Thursday, June 4 at 6:23 PM
83
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
83°
Humidity
33%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
6:10 AM
Sunset
9:16 PM
Eau Claire, MI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastEau Claire, MI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 22% chance of precipitation at 9 AM.
L 64°H 85°
Eau Claire, MI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    85°55°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Showers
    52%
    0.87″
    81°64°-4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    71%
    80°65°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    83°63°+3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    27%
    0.47″
    79°64°-4°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    42%
    0.02″
    82°68°+3°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Showers
    19%
    0.08″
    75°65°-7°
Eau Claire, MI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
184° · veering 173°
Direction
S
184°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 7
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 7 · pk 18 @ 5:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2912SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 173° from the s.
Eau Claire, MI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
993.7
-1.6 mb in 3h · falling · 29.34 inHg
Now
993.7
mb
3h
-1.6
mb
12h
-3.7
mb
24h
-6.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 992998
9859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW998.2991.8991.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Eau Claire, MI
Air quality
45
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
+16 in 6hPeak ~109 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 117 now. AQI up 16 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 8.7 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 96 by mid-afternoon.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
5.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
148μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
8.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 117 now. With UV 8.7 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 96 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 117
UV peak
8.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 96

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Eau Claire, MI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
79%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
120.9mi
UNLIMITED
142 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
18:23 UTC ·Eau Claire, 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
18:23 UTC ·Eau Claire, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Eau Claire, MI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Eau Claire, MI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Eau Claire, MI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:38 AM
Sunrise
6:10 AM
Daylight
15h 06m
Sunset
9:16 PM
Civil dusk
1:51 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Eau Claire, MI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
83% illuminated
Moonrise
4:21 AM
Moonset
1:40 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Eau Claire, MI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Eau Claire at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 28 (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 — Eau Claire

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

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

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 Eau Claire

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.