Essexville, Michigan Weather
Essexville, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Essexville, Bay County.
Full aviation weather for Essexville is published on the James Clements Municipal Airport (K3CM) page, 9 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 Essexville 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 Essexville: Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport (KHYX) 20 km · MBS International Airport (KMBS) 22 km · Bauer Field (K60D) 26 km · Jack Barstow Airport (KIKW) 34 km · Tuscola Area Airport (KCFS) 36 km
Conditions reported at K3CM describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Essexville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Essexville, Michigan
Essexville unfurls along the Saginaw River, a place where the scent of pine and damp earth mingles with the distant hum of industry. It lies 2.8 miles east-north-east of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 58°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-east of University Center. The landscape here is a gentle sweep of flatlands, a low horizon often softened by the hazy glow of the Michigan sky, particularly at dusk when the river's surface catches the last of the day's light like a scattered handful of amber. Mature trees, their branches reaching with quiet persistence, line the streets, offering dappled shade in the summer and a stark, intricate beauty against the winter snow. The river itself, a broad, unhurried artery, dictates the town's character, its waters reflecting the steady, dependable nature of the people who call Essexville home. The history of Essexville is deeply entwined with the bounty of the Great Lakes and the industrious spirit of its early settlers, drawn by the promise of timber and the convenience of waterborne trade. For generations, the local economy has been shaped by the river's gifts, from the logging boom that once echoed through the surrounding forests to the ongoing activities of the port and the manufacturing plants that still stand as sentinels along the waterfront. A distinctive sense of place persists, a quiet pride in the town's heritage as a working community, where the rhythm of daily life is often set by the ebb and flow of commerce and the enduring connection to the water that has always been Essexville's lifeblood.
Live animated radar for Essexville 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 | Essexville, Bay County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 43.6153°N, 83.841919°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48732 |
| Area Code | 586 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Essexville, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Essexville, 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 Essexville includes coordinates 43.615300°N, 83.841919°W, situated in Bay County. ZIP code 48732. Telephone area code: 586. 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.
