Burton, Michigan Weather
Burton, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burton, Genesee County.
Flight conditions near Burton. Data source: locating…
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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
