Fulton, Michigan Weather
Fulton, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fulton, Keweenaw County.
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About Fulton, Michigan
Fulton clings to the rugged edge of the Keweenaw Peninsula, a place where the ancient, weathered rock meets the vast, restless expanse of Lake Superior. It lies 163.7 miles north-north-west of Door, WI (from Door, WI: bearing 338°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north-west of Traverse. The land here is a testament to glacial artistry, a jumble of boulders and thick, dark soil supporting a dense, resilient forest of spruce, fir, and birch. The air, even in the heart of summer, carries a cool, mineral tang from the lake, a constant reminder of its immense presence, and the sunlight filters through the canopy in shifting patterns, painting fleeting mosaics on the moss-covered ground. The terrain rises and falls with a dramatic, untamed beauty, hinting at the immense geological forces that shaped this remote corner of the world, and the silence, when it descends, is profound, broken only by the sigh of the wind or the distant cry of a gull. This is a place where history is not so much written as it is etched into the very bones of the landscape, a story of copper and hardship. For generations, the promise of mineral wealth drew tenacious souls to Fulton, their endeavors leaving behind scattered remnants of a bygone industrial era, now slowly being reclaimed by the encroaching wilderness. The local economy, once fueled by the deep veins of the earth, now finds its pulse in the quiet ebb and flow of tourism and the hardy resilience of those who choose to call this isolated beauty home. The raw, untamed coastline, with its dramatic bluffs and hidden coves, is a draw for those seeking solace and the bracing embrace of the world’s largest freshwater lake, and the rhythm of life in Fulton is dictated not by clocks, but by the shifting seasons and the enduring power of the natural world.
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| Location | Fulton, Keweenaw County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 47.298811°N, 88.360111°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49052, 49950 |
| Area Code | 269, 906 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fulton, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fulton, 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 Fulton includes coordinates 47.298811°N, 88.360111°W, situated in Keweenaw County. ZIP code 49052, 49950. Telephone area code: 269, 906. 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.
