Bancroft, Michigan Weather
Bancroft, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bancroft, Shiawassee County.
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About Bancroft, Michigan
Bancroft unfolds across a gentle swell of land, where the horizon stretches with the muted greens and golds of Michigan's heartland. It lies 21.2 miles west-south-west of Flint, MI (from Flint, MI: bearing 244°T), and is situated 4.6 miles west-south-west of Durand. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a quiet perfume that clings to the low-slung buildings and the broad, open fields that surround the settlement. Oak and maple trees, their branches reaching like weathered hands, punctuate the landscape, offering shade to the winding country roads and the scattered farmsteads that dot the terrain. In the summer, the sun hangs heavy and golden, painting long shadows as it dips below the trees, and in winter, the snow blankets everything in a hushed, white silence. This corner of Shiawassee County has long been shaped by the land's generous, if unpretentious, bounty. Agriculture remains the steady heartbeat of Bancroft, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the sky, their rows a testament to the enduring partnership between farmer and soil. The Red Cedar River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, meanders nearby, once a vital artery for early settlers and still a place for quiet contemplation or the flicker of a fishing line. The history of Bancroft is etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered barns and the simple, sturdy homes that speak of generations who have worked and lived here, their lives intertwined with the rhythms of the seasons and the quiet perseverance of rural life.
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| Location | Bancroft, Shiawassee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.878642°N, 84.063852°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48414 |
| Area Code | 248 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bancroft, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bancroft, Michigan, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Bancroft includes coordinates 42.878642°N, 84.063852°W, situated in Shiawassee County. ZIP code 48414. Telephone area code: 248. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
