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MICHIGAN · KEWEENAW COUNTY

Houghton

73 people, 620 ft above sea level in Keweenaw County.

620 ftElevation, city center
73People, 2024 estimate
121 sq miLand area
Sunny 42°
Sunny now Dew point 19° · W 7 mph · high 34°
City of Houghton River Interstate 5 miles
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The Houghton 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 Houghton

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW OJIBWAY (CZTB) · 5:00 PM
Sunny
42° Sunny Feels like 38° · high of 34° near 7 PM
WindW 7 mphno gusts
Humidity39%rising to 89% by morning
Pressure— in →steady
Visibility— mifog or heavy haze
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 19° · Dry41° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Overcast
Wednesday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAIN—none in 0 days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Keweenaw County
NWS Marquette and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 5:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:59 AM5:18 PM ↓
9 h 18 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
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 24 to 41° More humid: 39° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
34° 33°
0% rain — NW 3 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
43° 38°
0% rain — SW 6 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
46° 42°
0% rain — SW 18, gusts 33 A
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
47° 43°
0% rain — SW 12 A
WED Nov. 18 Cloudy Cloudy
48° 43°
30% rain — SSW 7 A
THU Nov. 19 Chance of showers Chance of showers
48° 36°
50% rain up to 0.1″ WNW 10 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
43° 38°
50% rain up to 0.4″ SE 8 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 Houghton about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Gulf of Alaska three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,390 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from Canada; at 10,000 feet, from the Gulf of Alaska. It feels dry all the same. 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 Houghton stands on

Houghton’s center stands about 620 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 590 ft to 1,040 ft, a difference of 450 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Mount Siskiwit, about 1,190 ft, 10 miles west-southwest.

Houghton, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
600 ft800 ft1,000 ft HOUGHTON620 ftHigh point of the line1,130 ftMount Siskiwit1,190 ftLow point590 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 36×. 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

Portage Lake Volcanics

Basalt. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1.1 to 1.1 billion years old. About 10 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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Houghton

73 people, 620 ft above sea level in Keweenaw County.

620 ftElevation
73People
121 sq miLand
Sunny 42°
SunnyDew point 19°
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Today in Houghton

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy night 33° 0%
8p mostly clear night 34° 0%
11p mostly clear night 34° 0%
2a clear night 34° 0%
5a mostly clear night 34° 0%
8a mostly sunny 33° 0%
Overcast
NEXT RAINWednesday · 30%
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Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
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Wed30%
Cloudy Cloudy
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Thu50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Chance of showers Chance of showers
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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 Houghton stands on

Houghton’s center stands about 620 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 590 ft to 1,040 ft, a difference of 450 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Mount Siskiwit, about 1,190 ft, 10 miles west-southwest.

Houghton, west to east Houghton620 ftMount Siskiwit1,190 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 68×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center620 ft
Within 3 miles590 to 1,040 ft
Lie of the landHilly (450 ft of relief)
High point nearbyMount Siskiwit, 1,190 ft, 10 mi west-southwest