Fife Lake, Michigan Weather
Fife Lake, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County.
Full aviation weather for Fife Lake is published on the Cherry Capital Airport (KTVC) page, 26 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 Fife Lake 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 Fife Lake: Green Lake Airport (KY88) 32 km · Wexford County Airport (KCAD) 34 km · Antrim County Airport (KACB) 47 km · Grayling Army Air Field (KGOV) 50 km · Lakes of the North Airport (K4Y4) 53 km
Conditions reported at KTVC describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fife Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fife Lake.
About Fife Lake, Michigan
Fife Lake lies a quiet sentinel, its waters reflecting the vast, indifferent sky of northern Michigan. It lies 86.1 miles north-west of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 321°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east of Kingsley. The land here is a humped and rolling expanse, a testament to the glacier's slow, deliberate artistry, where dense stands of pine and hardwood rise from sandy soils, their needles whispering secrets on the wind. The air, especially in the long, golden afternoons of late summer, carries a clean, pine-scented chill, a promise of the coming autumn even as the sun still holds sway. The town itself, a modest collection of buildings, seems to exhale a gentle, unhurried breath, its streets a patient invitation to linger, to observe the slow procession of days. This is a place shaped by the timber trade, its early prosperity born from the felling of ancient forests that once cloaked these hills. The broad, calm expanse of Fife Lake itself was once a vital artery, a watery highway for log drives that carried fortunes downstream. Though the great logging camps have long since faded into memory, the spirit of that rugged industry, the resilience and self-reliance it fostered, still lingers in the character of Fife Lake. Today, its economy is a more varied affair, a blend of local businesses catering to summer visitors drawn to the lake's recreational allure, and the quiet hum of agriculture in the surrounding countryside, where fields of corn and beans stretch towards the horizon. The lake remains the heart of Fife Lake, a source of both livelihood and solace, its shoreline a mosaic of weathered docks and secluded coves, each holding its own silent history.
Live animated radar for Fife Lake 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 | Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.57695°N, 85.350614°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49633 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fife Lake, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fife Lake, 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 Fife Lake includes coordinates 44.576950°N, 85.350614°W, situated in Grand Traverse County. ZIP code 49633. 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. 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.
