Burton, Michigan Weather
Burton, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burton, Genesee County.
Full aviation weather for Burton is published on the Bishop International Airport (KFNT) page, 11 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. 5 airfields within reach of Burton 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 Burton: Oakland County International Airport (KPTK) 40 km · Brighton Airport (K45G) 50 km · Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport (KOZW) 51 km · Oakland Southwest Airport (KY47) 55 km
Conditions reported at KFNT describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burton.
About Burton, Michigan
Burton sits comfortably in the Genesee County landscape, a place where the land gently rolls, not dramatically, but with a soft, yielding quality that suggests a long, quiet history. It lies 3.7 miles east-south-east of Flint, MI (from Flint, MI: bearing 104°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south of Genesee. The terrain here is a mosaic of modest elevations and shallow depressions, where the sky feels vast and often painted with the soft, pale blues of a Michigan afternoon. Mature trees, oaks and maples mostly, stand sentinel along the roads and in the scattered woodlands, their leaves whispering secrets in the breeze. Even in the built-up areas, the presence of nature is palpable, with manicured lawns giving way to wilder edges, and the air carrying the faint, earthy scent of damp soil after a summer rain. This corner of Genesee County, where Burton has grown, was once part of a grander agricultural sweep, a patchwork of farms that fed the region. While those days of sprawling fields have largely yielded to suburban development and the hum of everyday life, remnants of that agrarian past can still be glimpsed in the open spaces and the enduring sense of a community connected to the land. The local economy, like many in the area, has diversified over time, with a mix of retail, services, and light industry providing livelihoods. Burton’s character is one of quiet resilience, a place that has weathered economic shifts and demographic changes without losing its grounded spirit, its streets reflecting a steady, unpretentious rhythm.
Live animated radar for Burton 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 | Burton, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.999472°N, 83.616342°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48867, 48529, 48509, 48519 |
| Area Code | 517, 248 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Burton, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burton, 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 Burton includes coordinates 42.999472°N, 83.616342°W, situated in Genesee County. ZIP code 48867, 48529, 48509, 48519. Telephone area code: 517, 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.
