Foster City, Michigan Weather
Foster City, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Foster City, Dickinson County.
Full aviation weather for Foster City is published on the Ford Airport (KIMT) page, 33 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. 4 airfields within reach of Foster City 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 Foster City: Iron County Airport (K50D) 41 km · Marquette/Sawyer International Airport (KSAW) 51 km · Delta County Airport (KESC) 57 km
Conditions reported at KIMT describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Foster City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Foster City.
About Foster City, Michigan
Foster City rests on the undulating terrain of Dickinson County, a quiet settlement where the land slopes gently towards the shimmering waters of the Menominee River. It lies 67.8 miles north-north-west of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 330°T), and is situated 18.4 miles east-north-east of Iron Mountain. The air here carries the crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the surrounding boreal forests that rise and fall like a green, breathing sea. Even on the clearest days, the light has a certain softness, filtering through the dense canopy of trees and casting long, dancing shadows that give the landscape a subtly melancholic beauty. The very ground beneath your feet feels ancient, a rich loam that has witnessed countless seasons, and the silence, when it descends, is profound, broken only by the rustle of leaves or the distant cry of a hawk. The history of Foster City is intrinsically tied to the bounty of its natural resources. Early settlers were drawn by the promise of timber, and the echoes of logging operations can still be felt in the weathered barns and the enduring strength of the old wooden structures that dot the landscape. The Menominee River, once a vital artery for transporting felled logs, now offers a more placid existence, its currents hinting at the power that once shaped the local economy. While the grand logging days have receded, a resilient spirit persists in Foster City, a quiet determination to maintain a way of life that honors the land. The local economy, though modest, is sustained by a connection to the earth, be it through small-scale farming, forestry, or the quiet tourism drawn by the region's natural allure.
Live animated radar for Foster City 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 | Foster City, Dickinson County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45.963288°N, 87.74402°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49834 |
| Area Code | 906 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Foster City, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Foster City, 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 Foster City includes coordinates 45.963288°N, 87.744020°W, situated in Dickinson County. ZIP code 49834. Telephone area code: 906. 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.
