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Tawas Point |
The Tawas Bay Weather Station and Webcams are located
in northeast Michigan at an elevation of 600 feet above sea level at Latitude 44° 17' North, Longitude 83° 29' West, 2.4 nautical miles north of Buoy No. 2 on the shore of
Lake Huron's
Tawas Bay. Weather conditions are updated every five minutes and this page will reload automatically every fifteen minutes. Click here for pages formatted for mobile devices. |
East Tawas State
Dock |
| Weather Conditions at 5:45am on 5/17/12 | |||
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| Temperature | Wind | Precipitation | |
| Current: 35°F (-0.7°/hr) | Current: 2 mph | Today: 0.00 inches | |
| High: 46°F at 12:00am | Direction: NW | Last 24 Hours: 0.00 inches | |
| Low: 35°F at 5:38am | Peak: 5 mph at 12:00am | This Month: 1.96 inches | |
| Average for Today: 38°F | 30 Minute Average: 1 mph | This Year: 8.84 inches | |
| 24 Hours Ago: 44°F | Barometer | Astronomical Data | |
| Water Temperature: 57°F | Current: 30.22 inches | Sunrise: 6:03am | |
| Weather Almanac for 5/16/12* | Trend: Rising | Sunset: 8:56pm | |
| Average High: 66°F | High: 30.22 in. at 5:41am | Moonrise: 4:08am | |
| Average Low: 43°F | Low: 30.15 in. at 12:20am | Moonset: 6:04pm | |
| Record High: 88°F in 1962 | Humidity |
Moon Phase 13% Illuminated  |
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| Record Low: 29°F in 1959 | Current: 93% | ||
| Average Precipitation for month: 2.93" | High: 94% at 2:29am | ||
| *Almanac data is from the National Weather Service East Tawas COOP station. To view data for any day for this NWS station, click here. For data from other NWS Stations click here. | Low: 85% at 12:05am | ||
| Daily Average: 92% | |||
| 24 Hours Ago: 81% | |||
| Dew Point: 33°F | |||
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| Note: If the forecast temperatures above show a ≈ symbol, click HERE for an updated forecast. |
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Update 5/16/2012 @ 9:30 am- The
Tawas Point Birding Festival takes place from this
Thursday through Sunday. The
Charity Island cruises are departing from the East Tawas
State Dock again this year. According to the
NWS COOP Weather Station in East Tawas, so far May has had
5% above average temperatures and about 42% above average precipitation for this time of the
month. Precipitation for the year to date is about 4% below the long-term average.
The nearshore water temperature
in Tawas Bay is 57°F. The water temperature at the
NOAA buoy located 43 nautical miles east of Oscoda is 43.5°F
and the wave height is 5.6 feet. The
marine forecast for the open waters of Lake Huron calls for
northwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots with wave heights
of 4 to 6 feet.
* Fishing Reports from the Michigan DNR-- Updated every Thursday
* Lake Huron water level-- 2" higher than last month, the
same level as last year,
17" lower than average
* Tawas Bay Fuel Prices-- $3.63 to $3.64 for regular in
town- $4.42 for gas, $4.37 for diesel at State Dock
