Mancelona, Michigan Weather
Mancelona, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Mancelona, Antrim County.
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About Mancelona, Michigan
Mancelona rests in a gentle embrace of rolling hills, a landscape shaped by the slow, insistent work of glaciers long past. It lies 97.6 miles north-north-west of Midland, MI (from Midland, MI: bearing 336°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-east of Bellaire. The terrain here is a pleasant alternation of open fields, where the sun can truly stretch its rays across the land, and the darker, more secretive promise of mixed hardwood forests. A fine, almost powdery dust often hangs in the air after a dry spell, catching the sunlight in ethereal shafts, and the air itself carries the crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in on all sides. The Mancelona Creek, a ribbon of cool, clear water, meanders through the periphery, its banks often fringed with alder and willow, offering a quiet soundtrack to the unfolding days. The history of Mancelona is deeply entwined with the logging industry that once pulsed through this part of Antrim County, a past evident in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its older buildings, suggesting a heritage of hard work and resilience. The economy, now diversified, still carries echoes of that timber-driven era, with agriculture playing a significant role, the fertile soil supporting a variety of crops that paint the landscape in seasonal hues. Local traditions, though perhaps not loudly proclaimed, are woven into the fabric of everyday life, a quiet pride in the land and the self-reliance it fosters. There is a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the rhythms of Mancelona have been shaped not just by human endeavor, but by the enduring cycles of nature, a place where the sky feels vast and the earth feels solid beneath one's feet.
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| Location | Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 44.902229°N, 85.060885°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49659 |
| Area Code | 989 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mancelona, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mancelona, 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 Mancelona includes coordinates 44.902229°N, 85.060885°W, situated in Antrim County. ZIP code 49659. 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. 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.
