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Muskegon Pier Light, MI  (MKGMA)  43° 13´ 36" N,   86° 20´ 29" W

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NOTICE:  This station was created as a back-up for the Muskegon station until repairs can be made. Data from this station is also being sent to NDBC
Conditions at 4:50 pm EST on 01/19/2026 (DOY 019 21:50 GMT)
(Updated every 10 minutes)
Wind Speed:   23.5 kts   (12.1 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   28.2 kts   (14.5 m/s)
Wind Direction:   348° (NNW)
Air Temperature:   10.9 °F   (-11.7 °C)
Wind Chill:   -10.1 °F   (-23.4 °C)
Dew Point:   1.6 °F   (-16.9 °C)
Relative Humidity:   65.5 %
Station Pressure:   29.406 in Hg.   (995.8 mb)
Sea Level Pressure:   30.153 in Hg.   (1021.1 mb)
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 Muskegon Pier Light, MI Met Station Camera 1] [Live Webcam Image from Muskegon Pier Light, MI Met Station Camera 2]
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Nearby Webcams:
Muskegon Station Webcam

Nearby Webcams (external sites):
Grand Haven Beach Webcam
Grand Haven Pier Webcam

-------------- 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 		Dew
Pt
F 		Rel
Hum
% 		Sta
Press
in
20260191600 22.4 25.3 33.6 349 12.2 -8.0 7.2 79.8 29.39
20260191500 25.7 30.9 31.3 006 11.5 -10.1 5.5 76.8 29.36
20260191400 28.4 32.1 33.8 353 11.3 -11.2 6.4 80.7 29.34
20260191300 25.5 30.7 34.8 006 12.2 -9.1 9.1 87.2 29.31
20260191200 30.7 37.9 38.3 002 12.9 -9.7 10.2 88.2 29.29
20260191100 34.0 40.6 40.6 013 13.3 -10.1 10.0 86.7 29.24
20260191000 35.0 38.9 43.4 006 13.3 -10.3 9.9 85.8 29.19
20260190900 33.2 38.1 45.7 002 12.7 -10.6 9.7 86.7 29.15
20260190800 35.4 40.2 48.4 359 11.8 -12.4 7.2 81.0 29.12
20260190700 26.8 37.3 44.7 358 13.6 -7.6 8.4 78.8 29.09
20260190600 28.0 35.0 41.8 001 14.5 -6.7 9.5 79.8 29.06
20260190500 24.5 34.0 38.3 003 14.9 -5.1 9.1 77.9 29.04
20260190400 28.8 33.4 38.5 010 16.3 -4.5 12.4 84.5 29.02
20260190300 23.1 26.0 36.7 358 18.0 -0.6 14.5 86.8 29.03
20260190200 25.5 29.7 31.9 011 18.1 -1.0 14.0 83.5 29.01
20260190100 19.8 23.1 31.5 351 19.4 2.5 16.2 87.5 29.02
20260190000 21.4 23.7 26.2 341 19.6 2.2 14.9 81.8 29.04
20260182300 24.9 27.8 30.3 330 20.3 2.1 16.0 83.1 29.05
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: MKGM4
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