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Alpena, MI  (APNM4)  45° 03´ 35" N,   83° 25´ 25" W

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Conditions at 7:30 pm EST on 01/19/2026 (DOY 020 00:30 GMT)
(Updated every 10 minutes)
Wind Speed:   9.7 kts   (5.0 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   12.6 kts   (6.5 m/s)
Wind Direction:   296° (WNW)
Air Temperature:   9.0 °F   (-12.8 °C)
Wind Chill:   -5.7 °F   (-20.9 °C)
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
         1 Day Windrose Plot, 5 Day Windrose Plot, (explanation)         
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[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 1]

[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 2]

[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 3]

[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 4]

[Live Webcam Image from Alpena, MI Met Station Camera 5]

6-hr animations: 1  2  3  4  5
Previous 48 images (top of hour only): 1  2  3  4  5
All Images (past 10 days)

----- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] -----
YEARDOY EST Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F 		Wind
Chill
F
20260191900 10.9 12.6 19.8 292 9.0 -6.5
20260191800 7.8 10.7 13.4 290 10.0 -2.7
20260191700 11.5 16.3 19.4 296 11.5 -3.7
20260191600 19.1 26.4 27.4 302 12.6 -6.2
20260191500 17.5 25.3 28.6 311 13.5 -4.4
20260191400 22.9 30.5 33.8 299 14.2 -5.6
20260191300 13.4 19.4 31.5 291 16.5 1.6
20260191200 11.7 15.9 19.1 262 15.6 1.4
20260191100 10.7 13.8 16.5 250 15.3 1.6
20260191000 11.3 14.2 16.5 244 13.5 -1.1
20260190900 12.1 15.2 15.9 246 13.5 -1.6
20260190800 9.1 11.3 16.1 242 13.8 0.8
20260190700 8.9 10.5 14.4 222 14.0 1.2
20260190600 10.5 11.7 13.2 222 13.8 -0.1
20260190500 10.1 11.5 15.2 212 14.0 0.4
20260190400 11.3 13.8 14.4 202 14.2 -0.2
20260190300 11.7 13.2 15.4 203 14.7 0.3
20260190200 10.5 12.4 13.6 226 15.3 1.7
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour
Note: Wind chill is set to -99 if air temp > 40 F or wind speed < 3 mph

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: APNM4
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