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MICHIGAN · BENZIE COUNTY

Colfax

702 people, 850 ft above sea level in Benzie County.

850 ftElevation, city center
702People, 2024 estimate
36 sq miLand area
Sunny 66°
Sunny now Dew point 59° · WSW 5 mph · high 65°
City of Colfax River Interstate 2 miles
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The Colfax 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 Colfax

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM EDT
RIGHT NOW Frankfort Dow Memorial Field Airport (KFKS) · 3:35 PM
Sunny
66° Sunny Feels like 66° · high of 65° near 3 PM
WindWSW 5 mphno gusts
Humidity78%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.97 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 59° · Comfortable45° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Tomorrow, about 4 AMin about 12 hours · 98% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 200.05 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Beach Hazards StatementBeach Hazards Statement issued September 29 at 2:23PM EDT until September 30 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI
NWS Gaylord and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:48 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:38 AM7:28 PM ↓
11 h 50 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
33
GOODAir quality index · ozone
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
98% · 0.52 in Wednesday morning 50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 53 to 62° ↑ The front passes Drier: 45° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 64° / 49°
TUE Sept. 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
65° 55°
10% rain — SW 8 A
WED Sept. 30 Showers likely Showers likely
66° 55°
100% rain 0.1–0.7″ SSW 13 B
THU Oct. 1 Chance of showers Chance of showers
66° 49°
40% rain up to 0.4″ NW 6 B
FRI Oct. 2 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
62° 41°
0% rain — N 3 A
SAT Oct. 3 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
62° 43°
10% rain — SSW 1 B
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
62° 41°
20% rain — NNW 6 A
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 40°
0% rain — NNW 2 C
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 Colfax about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the Great Lakes a day ago, about 1,950 miles back along its path. It came down from about 16,500 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the northern Rockies; at 10,000 feet, from the California coast. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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Colfax

702 people, 850 ft above sea level in Benzie County.

850 ftElevation
702People
36 sq miLand
Sunny 66°
SunnyDew point 59°
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Today in Colfax

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 65° 0%
6p partly cloudy day 64° 0%
9p overcast 59° 4%
12a overcast 60° 11%
3a mostly cloudy night 59° 27%
6a rain 58° 98%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINTomorrow about 4 AM · 98%
→
Tue10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
55
65
A
Wed100%
Showers likely Showers likely
55
66
B
Thu40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
49
66
B
Fri0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41
62
A
Sat10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
43
62
B
Sun20%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41
62
A
Mon0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
40
59
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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