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Lake City, Michigan Weather

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

Lake City, MI
Thursday, June 4 at 9:20 AM
50
°
Clear
Feels like
44°
Humidity
60%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Sunset
9:20 PM
Lake City, MI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake City, MI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 81°
Lake City, MI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    81°49°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Drizzle
    72%
    0.06″
    71°58°-10°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Showers
    58%
    77°56°+6°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Partly Cloudy
    75°53°-2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    77°50°+2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    32%
    81°53°+4°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    0.05″
    76°64°-5°
Lake City, MI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
195° · backing 75°
Direction
SSW
195°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 6
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 6 · pk 20 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 205SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 75° from the ssw.
Lake City, MI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
974.5
+1.3 mb in 3h · rising · 28.78 inHg
Now
974.5
mb
3h
+1.3
mb
12h
-1.0
mb
24h
-6.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 974982
965970975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW981.9973.9975.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Lake City, MI
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
-10 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 42. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~68%) — 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
5.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
89μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~68%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Lake City, MI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
6%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.1mi
UNLIMITED
153 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
09:20 UTC ·Lake City, 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
09:20 UTC ·Lake City, MI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Lake City, MI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake City, MI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake City, MI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:23 AM
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Daylight
15h 22m
Sunset
9:20 PM
Civil dusk
1:57 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Lake City, MI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
86% illuminated
Moonrise
4:25 AM
Moonset
1:27 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Lake City, MI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Lake City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 21°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 12 (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 — Lake City

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

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3NONENo severe 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 Lake City

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.