Free Soil, Michigan Weather
Free Soil, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Free Soil, Mason County.
Full aviation weather for Free Soil is published on the Manistee County Blacker Airport (KMBL) page, 19 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. 5 airfields within reach of Free Soil 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 Free Soil: Mason County Airport (KLDM) 22 km · Baldwin Municipal Airport (K7D3) 40 km · Oceana County Airport (KC04) 52 km · Frankfort Dow Memorial Field (KFKS) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMBL describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Free Soil specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Free Soil.
About Free Soil, Michigan
Free Soil rests in the gentle embrace of Mason County, a place where the land rises and falls with a quiet grace, hinting at the ancient glacial forces that shaped it. It lies 60.3 miles north of Muskegon, MI (from Muskegon, MI: bearing 1°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-south-east of Oak Hill. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the sprawling woodlands that fringe its edges, their canopies a shifting mosaic of greens against the wide Michigan sky. Fields, stitched with the vibrant hues of seasonal crops, unfold like patchwork quilts across the terrain, interspersed with the shimmering, sun-dappled surfaces of small lakes and winding creeks that whisper through the landscape. The character of Free Soil is one of serene resilience, a quiet strength born of its deep connection to the natural world, where the very light at dusk seems to linger, painting the horizon with strokes of rose and gold. The history of Free Soil is as deeply rooted as the oak trees that stand sentinel on its horizons, a story interwoven with the early settlers who sought a life of independence and self-sufficiency. The local economy, once driven by the robust lumber industry that felled giants from these very forests, now finds its pulse in the fertile soil that yields bountiful harvests of fruits and vegetables, a testament to the enduring spirit of agriculture. Along the nearby Lake Michigan shoreline, the legacy of fishing villages and maritime trade still hums, a subtle echo of journeys past. Free Soil cherishes its unpretentious heritage, a place where community bonds are as strong as the timber that once built its homes, and where the quiet hum of everyday life is a melody played out against a backdrop of enduring natural beauty.
Live animated radar for Free Soil 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 | Free Soil, Mason County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.10695°N, 86.216747°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49411 |
| Area Code | 616 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Free Soil, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Free Soil, 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 Free Soil includes coordinates 44.106950°N, 86.216747°W, situated in Mason County. ZIP code 49411. Telephone area code: 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.
