Allendale, Michigan Weather
Allendale, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Allendale, Ottawa County.
Full aviation weather for Allendale is published on the Cherry Field (K73G) page, 13 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Allendale have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Allendale: Ottawa Executive Airport (KZ98) 17 km · Grand Haven Memorial Airpark (K3GM) 21 km · West Michigan Regional Airport (KBIV) 28 km · Muskegon County Airport (KMKG) 32 km · Gerald R. Ford International Airport (KGRR) 36 km
Conditions reported at K73G describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Allendale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Allendale.
About Allendale, Michigan
Allendale unfolds across a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate work of glaciers and water. It lies 9.6 miles west-south-west of Walker, MI (from Walker, MI: bearing 258°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west-north-west of Jenison. Rolling terrain, a legacy of ancient ice, gives way to flatter expanses where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the hazy embrace of Michigan’s humid summers. Creeks, like Pigeon Creek, thread through the land, their banks often lined with a dense, green undergrowth that hums with the persistent buzz of insects on a warm afternoon. The air here carries a particular scent, a blend of fertile earth, distant agricultural exhaust, and the sweet, almost cloying perfume of ripening fruit from nearby orchards when the season allows. Even on a clear day, the light holds a certain diffused quality, a gentle filtering that seems to soften the edges of buildings and trees alike. The roots of Allendale run deep into Michigan’s agricultural past, a history evident in the enduring presence of farms and the quiet hum of machinery that still punctuates the rural quiet. This land was once a breadbasket, and while industry has found its footing, particularly with the growth of institutions of higher learning like Grand Valley State University, the spirit of cultivation remains. The economy, once primarily tied to the bounty of the earth, now balances a blend of education, manufacturing, and the services that support a growing population. Small businesses, often family-run, form the backbone of the commercial districts, their storefronts presenting a modest but determined front against the wider world. There's a sense of continuity here, a quiet acknowledgment of the generations who have worked this soil and built these lives.
Live animated radar for Allendale and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Allendale, Ottawa County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.972246°N, 85.953654°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48625, 49401 |
| Area Code | 586, 616 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Allendale, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Allendale, Michigan, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Allendale includes coordinates 42.972246°N, 85.953654°W, situated in Ottawa County. ZIP code 48625, 49401. Telephone area code: 586, 616. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
