Kendall, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kendall, Van Buren County.
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Kendall rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, patient work of glaciers, a terrain of gentle rises and hollows that cradle fields of corn and soybeans under an expansive Michigan sky. It lies 12.5 miles west-north-west of Kalamazoo, MI (from Kalamazoo, MI: bearing 293°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-west of Oshtemo. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of tilled soil and distant pines, a fragrance that clings to the faded clapboard of farmhouses and the weathered barns that dot the countryside. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, falls in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the emerald green of summer pastures and the deep, resonant blues of the sky that seem to stretch on forever, a canvas for the fleeting drama of passing clouds. The quietude of this place is profound, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the occasional call of a hawk circling overhead, a testament to the persistent, quiet agricultural heart of Kendall. The history of Kendall is intrinsically tied to the fertile land that surrounds it, a legacy of settlers who recognized the bounty of this soil for farming and the strategic advantage of its position. Early prosperity was built on the back of agriculture, with crops like wheat and later corn forming the backbone of the local economy, a tradition that continues to this day, albeit with more modern machinery and techniques. The community’s rhythm is still largely dictated by the planting and harvesting seasons, a cycle that has imbued its inhabitants with a particular kind of patience and resilience. While no grand monuments mark its existence, the enduring spirit of Kendall is evident in the sturdy, unpretentious homes and the quiet pride of those who call this place home, a place that has always looked to the horizon, both literally and figuratively, for its future.
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| Location | Kendall, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.361703°N, 85.81335°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49055, 49062 |
| Area Code | 269 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kendall, 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 Kendall includes coordinates 42.361703°N, 85.813350°W, situated in Van Buren County. ZIP code 49055, 49062. Telephone area code: 269. 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.