Buckley, Michigan Weather
Buckley, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buckley, Wexford County.
Full aviation weather for Buckley is published on the Green Lake Airport (KY88) page, 13 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 Buckley 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 Buckley: Cherry Capital Airport (KTVC) 27 km · Wexford County Airport (KCAD) 32 km · William B Bolton Airport (KY87) 41 km · Frankfort Dow Memorial Field (KFKS) 44 km · Manistee County Blacker Airport (KMBL) 52 km
Conditions reported at KY88 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Buckley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Buckley.
About Buckley, Michigan
Buckley lies at the edge of a vast, rolling landscape where the earth seems to sigh with the coming autumn. It lies 79.2 miles east-south-east of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 121°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-west of Kingsley. The air here, especially in the early mornings, carries a crispness that promises frost, a scent of pine needles and damp soil. Fields, lately harvested, lie in stubbled repose under a sky that is often a pale, washed-out blue, broken only by the occasional scudding cloud. The terrain gently slopes and rises, a subtle topography that suggests the slow, patient work of ancient glaciers. Even the quietest corners of Buckley seem to hold a certain spaciousness, a feeling that the horizon is never too far away, and that the land itself possesses a deep, unhurried character. The story of Buckley is one tied to the fertile earth and the timber that once dominated this region. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich soil for farming and the abundant forests for lumber, carved out a life here, establishing the foundations of the community. The local economy, though diversified now, still bears the imprint of its agricultural roots, with crops like corn and soybeans often adorning the fields that surround Buckley. This enduring connection to the land gives the place a grounded feel, a sense that the present is built upon the enduring rhythms of seasons and harvest. The small businesses that line its main thoroughfare, from the hardware store to the diner, contribute to a shared sense of place, a quiet continuity that defines the everyday life of Buckley.
Live animated radar for Buckley 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 | Buckley, Wexford County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.504447°N, 85.677014°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49620 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buckley, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buckley, 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 Buckley includes coordinates 44.504447°N, 85.677014°W, situated in Wexford County. ZIP code 49620. 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.
