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MICHIGAN · VAN BUREN COUNTY

Arlington

1,956 people, 770 ft above sea level in Van Buren County.

770 ftElevation, city center
1,956People, 2024 estimate
34 sq miLand area
Sunny 44°
Sunny now Dew point 33° · NNW 16 mph · high 44°
City of Arlington River Interstate 2 miles
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The Arlington plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Arlington

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (KAZO) · 4:53 PM
Sunny
44° Sunny Feels like 37° · high of 44° near 5 PM
WindNNW 16 mphno gusts
Humidity65%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.18 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 33° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 120.05 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Van Buren County
NWS Grand Rapids and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 5:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:33 AM5:23 PM ↓
9 h 50 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
19
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 30 to 36°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 48° / 33°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
44° 31°
0% rain — NNW 8 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50° 29°
0% rain — N 3 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
53° 31°
0% rain — WSW 6 A
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
55° 33°
0% rain — S 6 A
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57° 40°
0% rain — S 9 A
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 44°
10% rain — WSW 9 B
FRI Nov. 20 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
61° 45°
10% rain — S 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Arlington about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the northern Plains a day ago, about 2,230 miles back along its path. It came down from about 9,800 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Arlington stands on

Arlington’s center stands about 770 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 680 ft to 840 ft, a difference of 160 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Prospect Hill, about 920 ft, 10 miles southeast.

Arlington, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
700 ft800 ft ARLINGTON770 ftPaw Paw Riverabout 680 ftLow point640 ft ← S · DecaturN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Coldwater Shale

Shale. Age: Carboniferous, 324 to 359 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around Arlington on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Kalamazoo MI · 23 MI 23 miles east Portage MI · 24 MI 24 miles east Chicago IL · 90 MI 90 miles west Milwaukee WI · 111 MI 111 miles northwest Detroit MI · 151 MI 151 miles east Madison WI · 181 MI 181 miles west
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MICHIGAN · VAN BUREN

Arlington

1,956 people, 770 ft above sea level in Van Buren County.

770 ftElevation
1,956People
34 sq miLand
Sunny 44°
SunnyDew point 33°
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Today in Arlington

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy night 44° 1%
8p mostly cloudy night 39° 0%
11p mostly cloudy night 36° 0%
2a mostly cloudy night 34° 0%
5a partly cloudy night 32° 0%
8a partly cloudy day 33° 0%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Arlington stands on

Arlington’s center stands about 770 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 680 ft to 840 ft, a difference of 160 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Prospect Hill, about 920 ft, 10 miles southeast.

Arlington, south to north Arlington770 ftPaw Paw Riverabout 680 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center770 ft
Within 3 miles680 to 840 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (160 ft of relief)
High point nearbyProspect Hill, 920 ft, 10 mi southeast