Barnes Lake, Michigan Weather
Barnes Lake, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Barnes Lake, Lapeer County.
Full aviation weather for Barnes Lake is published on the Burgess Field (K55D) page, 26 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 Barnes Lake 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 Barnes Lake: Tuscola Area Airport (KCFS) 33 km · Bauer Field (K60D) 39 km · Yale Airport (KD20) 43 km · Bishop International Airport (KFNT) 43 km · Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport (KHYX) 53 km
Conditions reported at K55D describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Barnes Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Barnes Lake.
About Barnes Lake, Michigan
Barnes Lake unfolds as a gentle curve of blue, a watery eye reflecting the wide Michigan sky. It lies 20.3 miles north-east of Burton, MI (from Burton, MI: bearing 51°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north of Lapeer. Around its shores, sandpipers skitter across sandy fringes, their quick steps a counterpoint to the slow, steady lapping of waves against the shoreline. Stands of mature oak and maple trees, their leaves rustling with a quiet insistence, fringe the lake, offering dappled shade and a cool, earthy scent that mingles with the fainter, cleaner aroma of fresh water. The land itself rolls with a soft, unassuming grace, a landscape sculpted by glaciers and softened by millennia of wind and rain, leading the eye toward distant fields where the amber waves of grain might soon appear. Historically, Barnes Lake has been a place of simple pleasures and quiet industry, its early settlers drawn to the fertile soil and the promise of a life lived in closer communion with nature. The economy, once tied to the bounty of the land through farming and perhaps the modest harvesting of timber, now leans more toward the quiet hum of seasonal tourism and the steady rhythm of permanent residents who cherish the lake’s enduring tranquility. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very air carries a whisper of generations who have found solace and sustenance here, their lives as intertwined with the lake’s waters as the reeds that sway along its edges, a subtle testament to a continuity that feels both profound and deeply personal.
Live animated radar for Barnes Lake 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 | Barnes Lake, Lapeer County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 43.183196°N, 83.302221°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48421, 48461 |
| Area Code | 248 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Barnes Lake, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barnes Lake, 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 Barnes Lake includes coordinates 43.183196°N, 83.302221°W, situated in Lapeer County. ZIP code 48421, 48461. 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. 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.
