Harrisville, Michigan Weather
Harrisville, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Harrisville, Alcona County.
Full aviation weather for Harrisville is published on the Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport (KOSC) page, 24 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. 2 airfields within reach of Harrisville 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 Harrisville: Alpena County Regional Airport (KAPN) 51 km
Conditions reported at KOSC describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harrisville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Harrisville.
About Harrisville, Michigan
Harrisville rests on the western edge of Lake Huron, a place where the vast water meets a land of rolling hills and dense pine forests. It lies 79.1 miles north-north-east of Bay City, MI (from Bay City, MI: bearing 22°T), and is situated 17.1 miles north of Au Sable. The air here carries the sharp, clean scent of conifers, a fragrance that mingles with the salty tang of the lake, especially when the wind sweeps in from the east. The landscape is a mosaic of clearings, where wildflowers bloom with a fierce, untamed beauty, and dark woods that seem to hold secrets from a time before roads and houses. Even in the midday sun, shadows stretch long and cool beneath the trees, hinting at the approaching twilight. The houses of Harrisville are often painted in muted tones, blending with the natural palette of the surrounding woods, their porches worn smooth by generations of feet. The history of Harrisville is deeply entwined with the bounty of Lake Huron and the timber that once carpeted these lands. Logging was the lifeblood of this place for many years, the great pines felled and floated downriver to mills that have long since fallen silent. The economy now leans more towards tourism and the quiet sustenance drawn from the lake. The Harrisville State Park, with its sandy shores and campgrounds, draws visitors seeking the simple pleasures of sun and water. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a quiet echo of the generations who worked the woods and fished the waters, their stories whispered in the rustle of leaves and the ceaseless murmur of the lake.
Live animated radar for Harrisville 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 | Harrisville, Alcona County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.656402°N, 83.294689°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48740 |
| Area Code | 586 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harrisville, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harrisville, 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 Harrisville includes coordinates 44.656402°N, 83.294689°W, situated in Alcona County. ZIP code 48740. 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.
