Eastlake, Michigan Weather
Eastlake, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Eastlake, Manistee County.
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About Eastlake, Michigan
Eastlake rests in the embrace of gently rolling terrain, a landscape sculpted by the receding glaciers of ages past, where the earth dips and rises in soft, persistent waves. It lies 62.4 miles east-south-east of Pierce, WI (from Pierce, WI: bearing 108°T), and is situated 1.6 miles east of Manistee. The air here, especially in the long, golden afternoons of late summer, carries the mingled scents of pine needles warmed by the sun and the faint, briny whisper of the nearby lake. Fields of corn, their stalks standing sentinel, stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by the darker, more somber hues of mature woodlands that fringe the clearings. Even the sky seems to possess a particular clarity, a vast expanse of cerulean that often holds the quiet promise of distant thunderheads, their bruised bellies darkening the western edge of the world. The story of Eastlake is deeply intertwined with the abundant waters that define its character, particularly the vast, shimmering expanse of Lake Michigan that laps at its western edge. For generations, the pulse of this community beat to the rhythm of the fishing boats that once plied these waters, their nets a silver lacework against the deep blue. Later, the lumber industry, drawn by the rich forests that still carpet the inland hills, brought a different kind of prosperity, leaving behind echoes of sawmills and the quiet hum of machinery. While the robust fishing fleets have largely faded, and the great logging camps are now ghost towns of memory, a quiet resilience persists in Eastlake, a subtle economy that draws from tourism and the enduring beauty of its natural setting, where the lake remains a constant, powerful presence.
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| Location | Eastlake, Manistee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.2449°N, 86.2927°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49626 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Eastlake, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eastlake, 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 Eastlake includes coordinates 44.244900°N, 86.292700°W, situated in Manistee County. ZIP code 49626. 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. 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.
