Douglas, Michigan Weather
Douglas, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Douglas, Manistee County.
Full aviation weather for Douglas is published on the Manistee County Blacker Airport (KMBL) 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 Douglas 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 Douglas: Frankfort Dow Memorial Field (KFKS) 34 km · Mason County Airport (KLDM) 43 km · Green Lake Airport (KY88) 49 km · William B Bolton Airport (KY87) 55 km · Baldwin Municipal Airport (K7D3) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMBL describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Douglas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Douglas.
About Douglas, Michigan
Douglas is a place where the land exhales a quiet strength, a gentle rise and fall of terrain that hints at the soft, sandy soils of the lakeshore it borders. It lies 64.2 miles east-south-east of Pierce, WI (from Pierce, WI: bearing 103°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-east of Manistee. The air here carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun and the faint, briny tang of Lake Michigan, a constant presence felt more than seen in the rustling leaves of oak and maple. Birch trees, their bark like aged parchment, stand sentinel along the winding lanes, and in the late afternoon, the light slants through the canopy, painting the forest floor in shifting mosaics of gold and shadow. Even in the brief, sharp chill of autumn, there’s a resilience in the landscape, a promise of renewal held within the sturdy trunks of its trees and the deep, dark loam that cradles their roots. The history of Douglas is bound to the very sands and waters that define it, a legacy of timber and trade that shaped its early fortunes. For generations, the economy here was buoyed by the bounty of the surrounding forests, the great pine logs that once floated down the rivers to feed the hungry mills. Now, the rhythm of life in Douglas is more measured, its character defined by the enduring appeal of its natural beauty and a quiet, welcoming spirit. Local businesses, often family-run, dot the main thoroughfares, their facades weathered by years of sun and wind, offering a tangible connection to the town’s past. The nearby shoreline, with its wide stretches of sand and the cool embrace of the lake, remains the undeniable heart of Douglas, a place where summer days unfold with the simple pleasures of sun-drenched afternoons and the hypnotic murmur of the waves.
Live animated radar for Douglas 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 | Douglas, Manistee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.322224°N, 86.22342°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49660, 49406 |
| Area Code | 989, 616 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Douglas, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Douglas, 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 Douglas includes coordinates 44.322224°N, 86.223420°W, situated in Manistee County. ZIP code 49660, 49406. Telephone area code: 989, 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.
