Ashley, Michigan Weather
Ashley, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ashley, Gratiot County.
Full aviation weather for Ashley is published on the Millers Landing (KC57) page, 14 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 Ashley 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 Ashley: Schiffer Acres Airport (K3S5) 17 km · Tkaczyk Field (KC88) 21 km · Glowacki Airport (K97G) 23 km · Gratiot Community Airport (KAMN) 23 km · MBS International Airport (KMBS) 50 km
Conditions reported at KC57 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ashley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ashley.
About Ashley, Michigan
Ashley rests in the gentle embrace of central Michigan's agricultural heartland, a place where the sky feels vast and the earth yields its bounty with a quiet generosity. It lies 30.9 miles west-south-west of Saginaw, MI (from Saginaw, MI: bearing 239°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-east of Ithaca. Rolling fields, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under the wide, often cloud-streaked heavens, define the horizon, broken only by the stoic silhouettes of oak and maple trees that stand sentinel along the sparse county roads. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of turned soil and ripening grain that seems to seep into everything, imbuing the very atmosphere with a sense of patient growth. Here, life moves at a cadence dictated by the seasons, a slow and steady pulse that resonates with the land’s enduring rhythm. The story of Ashley is deeply intertwined with the rich, dark soil that has sustained its people for generations, an economy built on the back of diligent farming and the cultivation of crops that feed the nation. This has been the bedrock of Ashley since its inception, a lineage of families who have worked this land, their lives a continuous thread woven through the agricultural tapestry. Though the grander narratives of industry may have passed it by, Ashley holds its own quiet significance, a testament to the enduring spirit of rural American life. The occasional grain elevator, a weathered monument to past harvests, stands as a silent witness to the ceaseless cycle of planting and reaping that forms the enduring character of Ashley.
Live animated radar for Ashley 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.
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| Location | Ashley, Gratiot County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 43.186696°N, 84.474435°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48806 |
| Area Code | 517 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ashley, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashley, 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 Ashley includes coordinates 43.186696°N, 84.474435°W, situated in Gratiot County. ZIP code 48806. Telephone area code: 517. 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.
