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Tawas Bay Weather Conditions at 4:09pm on 5/5/24
Temperature	Wind	Precipitation
Current Temperature: 55°F	Current Wind Speed: 9 mph	Daily Precipitation: 0.00 inches
High: 69°F at 12:32pm	Direction: SE	24 Hour Precipitation: 0.01 inches
Low: 53°F at 1:48pm	Wind Gust: 11 mph	This Month: 0.16 inches
24 Hours Ago: 63°F	Daily Average: 4 mph	This Year: 11.64 inches
Wind Chill: 53°F- Heat Index: 60°F	Barometer	Astronomical Data
Water Temperature: 60°F	Current: 30.03  Steady	Sunrise: 6:17am
Weather Almanac for 5/5/2024	High: 30.03 in. at 3:28pm	Sunset: 8:42pm
Average High: 61°F	Low: 29.83 in. at 4:32am	Moonrise: 4:58am
Average Low: 40°F	24 Hours Ago: 29.97 Inches	Moonset: 5:57pm
Record High: 93°F in 1949	Humidity	Moon Phase  10% Illuminated
Record Low: 24°F in 1967	Current: 85%
Average Precipitation for month: 3.24"	High: 96% at 4:39am
*Almanac data is from the National Weather Service East Tawas MI station. To view data for any day for this NWS station and for other Northern Michigan NWS Stations click here.	Low: 54% at 12:37pm
	Daily Average: 86%
	24 Hours Ago: 79%
	Dew Point: 51°F

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Update 5/5/2024- 11:00 am EDT -- The NWS COOP Weather Station in East Tawas reports that monthly precipitation through May 5 has been 69% (-.34") below average and the temperature has been 11% (+5.2°) above average; annual precipitation has been 19% (+1.84") above the long-term average and the annual temperature has been 17% (+5.1°F) above average.   Monthly precipitation for the Lake Huron-Michigan Basin through May 4 has been .44" which is 12% (.04") above average.  As of May 4, the average Lake Huron surface water temperature is 40.9°F compared to 39.3°F last year and an average of 39.3°F. As of 7:30 am EDT, the NDBC weather buoy located 43 NM east of Oscoda, MI reports that the air temperature is 46.6°F, the surface water temperature is 40.3°F, the wind is S at 11 mph and the wave height is 1.3 ft. As of 7:30 am EDT, the weather buoy located 22 miles Northeast of Alpena, MI reports an air temperature of 42.6°F, a surface water temperature of 39.6°F, the wind is WNW at 20 mph and the wave height is 2.3 ft.
* Lake Huron Water Levels- As of 5/3/24: 6" above the 4/3/24 level; 4" below the 5/3/23 level; 2" above the average for May; 32" below the 2020 average high for May and 32" above the 1964 average low for May. The level is projected to be 3" higher by 6/3/24.  The water level is currently 35.5 inches below it's July 2020 all time high water point. The Weekly Water Levels will be also published on MeWe (Click Here), on Gab (Click Here), on X (Click Here) or on Telegram (Click Here), usually on Friday or Saturday.

* Tawas Bay Fuel Prices--$3.36 to $3.59 for Regular.