Beechwood, Michigan Weather
Beechwood, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Beechwood, Ottawa County.
Full aviation weather for Beechwood is published on the West Michigan Regional Airport (KBIV) page, 6 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 Beechwood 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 Beechwood: Ottawa Executive Airport (KZ98) 16 km · Grand Haven Memorial Airpark (K3GM) 27 km · Cherry Field (K73G) 32 km · Padgham Field (K35D) 38 km · Muskegon County Airport (KMKG) 42 km
Conditions reported at KBIV describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Beechwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Beechwood, Michigan
Beechwood rests on land that remembers the slow grind of glaciers, its terrain a subtle, rolling tapestry of fertile soil and scattered woodlands. It lies 1.1 miles north-west of Holland, MI (from Holland, MI: bearing 307°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west of Zeeland. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the clean, damp scent of Lake Michigan, a presence felt even miles inland, a constant, quiet hum beneath the rustle of beech leaves and the distant rumble of farm machinery. This is a place where the sky feels vast, a deep, unbroken blue stretching over fields that have yielded their bounty for generations, and where the sun dips low, casting long, skeletal shadows from the skeletal branches of winter trees. The founding families of Beechwood, drawn by the rich earth and the promise of a life forged by hand, laid down roots that still hold firm. Originally a hub for agricultural trade, the local economy has always been tied to the land, with fruit orchards and dairy farms forming the backbone of its prosperity, their produce finding its way to markets along the coast and beyond. While the grand old barns and silos still dot the landscape, a quiet evolution has seen small businesses emerge, offering artisanal goods and local flavors, a testament to the enduring spirit of Beechwood and its people. The quiet hum of its days is punctuated by the cheerful greetings exchanged at the general store, a place where news travels as readily as the scent of freshly baked bread.
Live animated radar for Beechwood 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 | Beechwood, Ottawa County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.796968°N, 86.125875°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49047, 49935, 49424 |
| Area Code | 906, 616 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Beechwood, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beechwood, 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 Beechwood includes coordinates 42.796968°N, 86.125875°W, situated in Ottawa County. ZIP code 49047, 49935, 49424. Telephone area code: 906, 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.
