Lake City, Michigan Weather
Lake City, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake City, Missaukee County.
Full aviation weather for Lake City is published on the Wexford County Airport (KCAD) page, 18 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. 6 airfields within reach of Lake 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 Lake City: Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport (KHTL) 43 km · Clare County Airport (K80D) 45 km · Evart Municipal Airport (K9C8) 49 km · Green Lake Airport (KY88) 53 km · Cherry Capital Airport (KTVC) 54 km
Conditions reported at KCAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake City.
About Lake City, Michigan
Lake City rests in the heart of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, a place where the land begins to roll and the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 69.2 miles north-west of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 316°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of McBain. Wide, open fields, still holding the morning mist long after the sun has risen, give way to the dense, whispering woods that define this landscape. Gentle hills, softened by the passage of seasons, cradle the town, their slopes often carpeted with wildflowers in the spring and ablaze with color in the autumn. The sky here feels vast, an expansive canvas where clouds drift with a slow, deliberate grace, and the light at dusk often settles in a deep, resonant gold across the quiet fields. The history of Lake City is deeply entwined with the logging industry that once shaped this region, its early settlers drawn by the promise of abundant timber. Though those days of booming sawmills have long since passed, the legacy remains, a subtle echo in the sturdy architecture and the enduring connection to the surrounding forests. Today, the local economy is a more varied affair, with agriculture still playing a significant role, its fields yielding crops that speak of patience and the turning of the earth. The clear waters of nearby lakes and rivers, however, draw visitors and locals alike, offering a different kind of bounty – a place for quiet contemplation and the simple joy of casting a line or gliding a kayak across the surface.
Live animated radar for Lake 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Lake City, Missaukee County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.335287°N, 85.215046°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49651 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake City, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake 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 Lake City includes coordinates 44.335287°N, 85.215046°W, situated in Missaukee County. ZIP code 49651. Telephone area code: 989. 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.
