Bear Lake, Michigan Weather
Bear Lake, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bear Lake, Manistee County.
Full aviation weather for Bear Lake is published on the Manistee County Blacker Airport (KMBL) page, 18 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 Bear 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 Bear Lake: Frankfort Dow Memorial Field (KFKS) 23 km · Green Lake Airport (KY88) 37 km · William B Bolton Airport (KY87) 43 km · Mason County Airport (KLDM) 55 km · Cherry Capital Airport (KTVC) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMBL describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bear Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bear Lake.
About Bear Lake, Michigan
Bear Lake rests in a hollow, a deep breath of land between rolling hummocks and the distant, shadowed reach of Lake Michigan’s shore. It lies 65.0 miles south-east of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 137°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-north-west of Kaleva. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of pine needles and the fainter, sweet perfume of wild berries, a fragrance that clings to the rough-hewn timber of the few buildings that compose the village. Sunlight, when it breaks through the persistent canopy, falls in long, slanted shafts that illuminate the dust motes dancing in the quiet stillness, and the very silence seems to hum with the unseen life of the surrounding woods. The water of Bear Lake itself, a dark, placid mirror, reflects the stoic pines and the occasional, startled flight of a heron, its surface disturbed only by the gentle, insistent lapping against the sandy banks. This quiet corner of Manistee County has a history etched not in grand pronouncements but in the persistent labor of generations. Once, the deep woods surrounding Bear Lake offered their bounty to loggers, their saws echoing a temporary, vigorous song before the trees yielded to the demands of progress. Now, the economy leans more towards the gentle rhythm of agriculture and the steady draw of summer visitors, their laughter a more recent addition to the landscape's enduring narrative. The fields, patchwork quilts of green and gold, stretch towards the horizon, hinting at the quiet diligence that sustains Bear Lake through the long, snow-laden winters. A particular, enduring charm lies in the way the old general store, with its creaking floorboards and shelves laden with necessities, still serves as the village’s heart, a place where stories are exchanged as readily as goods.
Live animated radar for Bear 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 | Bear Lake, Manistee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.420835°N, 86.148143°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49614, 49646 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bear Lake, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bear 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 Bear Lake includes coordinates 44.420835°N, 86.148143°W, situated in Manistee County. ZIP code 49614, 49646. Telephone area code: 989. 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.
