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

In collaboration with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
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Conditions at 8:10 am EST on 12/24/2025 (DOY 358 13:10 GMT)
(Updated every 10 minutes)
Wind Speed:   4.1 kts   (2.1 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   5.4 kts   (2.8 m/s)
Wind Direction:   349° (N)
Air Temperature:   28.9 °F   (-1.7 °C)
Wind Chill:   23.8 °F   (-4.6 °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
m/s 		Wind
Gust
m/s 		Peak
Wind
m/s 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
C 		Wind
Chill
C
20253580800 0.9 1.4 2.8 352 -1.7 -1.7
20253580700 0.8 1.3 2.8 355 -1.5 -1.5
20253580600 3.4 4.8 4.8 326 -1.5 -5.7
20253580500 4.4 6.1 6.5 308 -1.3 -6.2
20253580400 5.1 6.7 10.0 317 -1.0 -6.2
20253580300 4.7 7.2 10.7 323 -0.6 -5.5
20253580200 5.6 8.9 11.1 321 -0.2 -5.5
20253580100 7.3 10.1 13.4 323 0.6 -5.3
20253580000 6.3 8.4 12.0 329 1.0 -4.3
20253572300 6.1 8.6 14.2 310 2.0 -3.0
20253572200 9.1 12.9 12.9 300 2.3 -3.7
20253572100 9.5 12.0 14.1 303 2.7 -3.3
20253572000 9.4 12.1 15.7 310 2.8 -3.1
20253571900 8.7 10.4 13.8 301 2.9 -2.8
20253571800 8.9 12.7 14.7 307 3.2 -2.5
20253571700 7.5 10.0 13.7 305 3.7 -1.3
20253571600 5.9 7.1 11.6 291 5.7 -99.0
20253571500 6.2 7.2 10.9 299 5.6 -99.0
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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